Robin Update

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/robinegg.JPGThis is what I found in the nest this morning,one blue egg,had to been layed there yesterday sometime.Mommy Robin was in a Maple Tree next door watching.She will have to keep an eye out for other birds like Crows and Blue Jays,Cats and Squirels.Normally 3-5 eggs in a nest,only 1 here right now,takes 2 weeks to hatch and leave the nest two weeks after that.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Oh my goodness!!!!! That is such a beautiful egg, Barry. WOW--thanks for posting that great picture!!:)

[Freedom]

Aren;t they a lovely color? Robin's Egg Blue! Great shot, thanks for keeping "on top" of this for us! :p

[fritz03]

I checked again yesterday,went out the gate close to the nest ,scared Mommy who flew off the nest and went to the roof to where daddy was,he chased another bird away.I went around the house another way as not to scare her today and she is on the nest,it is rather cool here this morning 27 degrees.

[boomersooner]

The egg is beautiful....Make sure you keep an eye on mama when you are looking at the nest.....I was showing my little nephew an egg in a nest, once, when the mama bird flew down from the roof of my house and got me in the back of the neck!! Those little beaks hurt!! LOL Keep us updated on the beautiful little bird when he arrives!!

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/robinegg1.JPGHere is the Robin's nest this afternoon and another egg has appeared,may have layed it yesterday,she was on the nest and she was there this morning on it.There was a Robin there on the fence,it didn't bother,maybe knew I wasn't going to cause harm.The other one was layed 2 days ago,there looks like room for at least one more egg.

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin1.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin2.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin3.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin4.JPGPictures of the Mommy Robin this afternoon.She has been there most of the day sitting on the eggs,it has been cool and windy 46 degrees,not sure if there more eggs there,can't check if she is there.Another nest is being started on the security light above the garage,probably another Mommy Robin doing it.

[Daisy and Delilah]

That is so cool. Thanks, Barry. That's something I would never really see at my house. I have birds galore but they never nest where I can see them so well.:)

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin5.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin6.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndnest1.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndnest2.JPGMommy Robin in her nest this morning and two pictures of a nest under construction above the garage,Mommy Robin in the one building.In the nest outsde the kitchen there was a Woodpecker yesterday tapping on the tree ,Mommy and Daddy were able to shoo the Woodpecker away.I just checked a few minutes ago,Mommy is still on the nest,it cool and windy ,was 36 degrees this morning,there was nothing going on with the other at present.Mommy Robin is between the 2nd and 3rd branches of the tree.

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/robinegg2.JPGhere is a third Robin's egg in the nest,might have been there for two or three days couldn't check as Mommy Robin was keeping the eggs warm.

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin7.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin8.JPGMommy Robin on her nest today.All that is left now is to wait until last next week to see the eggs hatch.The other nest might be done,it is rather messy looking,no one around it right now.I hope I can a picture of that,might be diffucult,with.Mommy or Daddy around,don't want to get pecked by them.

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin9.JPGMommy Robin in her nest this morning.Dad was on the ground patroling looking out for anything that came near the nest.She spends most of the day on the nest,keeping it warm,some of the time probably went looking for food.The other nest above the garage is still being constructed,no eggs yet there.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I can't wait to hear about the little baby Robins. Baby birds are the cutest little things.:) Great job in keeping track, Barry.:)

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin9.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin10.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndnest3.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndnest4.JPGMommy Robin in he rnest and tw picturees of the nest above the garage door.Still no eggs there.I think the nest is done so it might be 2 or 3 days there may be like the nest out in our backyard.Mom was out looking at the flowers out back and Mommy didn't like it and she was really mad.She stays on the nest most of the time,Dad brings the food,there is another nest in a bush at the front of our neighbor's house,Robins also. I had to climb a ladder to get the pictures of the nest above the garage,something I don't like doing.It may be by the end of the week when we see babies in the nest out back,will keep a lookout on that.

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin12.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin13.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin14.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndrobin1.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndrobin2.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndrobin3.JPGHere is Mommy Robin on her nest out back this morning,coold day around 45 right now.It could be either tomorrow or Friday that we will see the first of the Baby Robins.Here is a second Mommy Robin in a nest above the garage door.This is the second straight day she has been sitting there so most likely she is sitting on at least one egg,of course the only way I can get these pictures if I climb a ladder and don't like climbing.

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndrobin4.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/eggs1.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/eggs2.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin15.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin16.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin17.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin18.JPGThe second Mommy Robin on her nest yesterday and today,three eggs in her nest.The first Mommy Robin yesterday in her nest and the second two today.It could be anytime for the first Robin,has been 2 weeks.I scared her yesterday when I was out gardening ,she came back later,probably will be a couple of weeks for the Robin above the garage door.

[Laura's Babies]

This is so interesting to see! Those eggs are beautiful! Thanks!

[phesina]

What a fascinating ongoing saga!

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/momrobin19.JPG http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/2ndmommy.JPGthe 1st mommy on the nest today and the 2nd on hers.have bad news regarding the first one,all the eggs disappeared,Mom was talking ot my sister,figured maybe a cat got it but I went out didn't see any eggshells or anything ,Mom figured also the nest wasn't high enough,it was maybe 4 feet up should have been a lot higher,they have been going nuts flying around and coming back to check the nest,the other nest is fine it's where no animal can get at it,feeling kind of sad about it as I had been following this for the last 2 weeks or so.

[Daisy and Delilah]

That is so sad, Barry. What kind of animals would take the eggs? Poor little birdies.:(