Posted in Birds, tagged birds, robins, spring on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week a few robins were in my backyard. Perhaps checking it out for a nesting site or stopping by on the way back north. Either way it was a welcome site after a nasty winter.
Yesterday I spotted about eight robins poking around in the leaves when I went for a walk at a nearby park.
Welcome back robins.
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, robins on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I seem to be a magnet for baby birds. I go outside to pull some weeds and tidy up the yard for my July 4th picnic tomorrow and next thing I know a fledgling robin is cheep cheep cheeping in front of me. So, I ran and grabbed my camera of course.
The lighting wasn’t great and there was little time to set up as he was hopping along, still unable to fly. Right after I shot that last photo he ran into the hostas.
The parents were in nearby trees chirping and trying to coax him out. Or maybe all that chirping meant danger, stay put! I went inside so he would come out of hiding and go back to learning how to be a robin. Good excuse for me to get out of the heat.
Posted in Birds, Wildlife, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, robins, Wildlife on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Wildlife, tagged birds, Photos, robins, Wildlife on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the fledglings may have made it out of the nest. I spotted what appeared to be a baby bird getting flying lessons this evening.
With the watchful parents in the tree and on the ground, he appeared for a moment on the shed roof, darted awkwardly toward a large tree trunk, then balanced on the fence and rested for a moment before flying away.
Update:
The adult robins have been hanging around the yard for the past few weeks. Today I noticed a smaller bird nearby. It was a juvenile robin. One did survive. I’m not sure if the little bird I saw a few weeks ago was a robin or not, but this one definitely is.
Posted in Wildlife, tagged birds, robins, Wildlife on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, day 12, the nest was empty. I don’t know if a predator attacked the nest or they attempted to become fledglings and met with disaster. The average time for fledgling is 14 days so this would be a bit early to attempt it although it was getting crowded in the nest.
Two of the babies did not make it very far and were found partially eaten under the bush their nest was in. The other two were nowhere to be seen. Hopefuly the mother got them safely to a hiding place. One of the adult robins was flying around the yard. I will be watching for them to resurface.
There are many predators for baby robins including other birds such as hawks, crows and grackles which are all in the area plus squirrels and chipmunks. A crow has been hanging around for a few days, and for the last two days the parent robins have been agitated when I would come to take pictures of the nest. Something that had not happened before. Perhaps they were aware of the danger.
This is the nest early yesterday evening, day 11.
Robins Day 11
I have a chronology of photos from each day. I will be putting up a page of those soon. I’m hoping for a happy ending but I’m not counting on it.
Update:
This evening I saw the mother robin with what looked like one of the babies in a tree in the back yard. The father was nearby on the grass and then later in the tree singing. They did not wait for me to get my camera and take a picture. They moved on to the pine tree where I could hear but not see them.
Posted in Wildlife, tagged birds, Nature, Photos, robins, Wildlife on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hungry Baby Robins - 3 days old
The robins nesting in my yard are now parents. Three Four fuzzy little babies. The parents tolerate my curiosity and photography and so far have not tried to attack me.
Posted in Wildlife, tagged birds, Nature, Photos, robins, Wildlife on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had a cute bird house nailed to my garage for years waiting for birds to move in. No birds. I also have a bat house with no bats but that’s a topic for another day. Birds keep trying to build nests in my awnings and in the gutters…. usually unsuccessfully. Silly birds, those are no places to build a home!
A few weeks ago, to my surprise, a pair of robins decided to move into the bushes in front of the house. Soon they had built a nest and laid eggs. Wow, I finally have birds. Right outside the front window. Now I’ll never get the bushes trimmed!
Today I noticed the female out of the nest so I crept behind the bushes and snapped a few quick shots of the eggs and got a good look at the nest. Whoa, they did all that construction and it’s not visible from the front of the bushes. Sometimes I’m easily amused, but this is truely awesome. They took the twigs that dropped last fall from the walnut tree plus the remains of last year’s partially composted day lillies, added some mud, and made a home. Those birds are quite the engineers.
Robin's Nest
Mama robin was not impressed with me peeking in at her eggs. She few off into a nearby cedar tree and began scolding me. The male was across the driveway in the walnut tree watching me but not making any noise.
Female Robin
Not wanting to further upset her or risk being attacked, I moved away from the bushes. (more…)
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