This is an update on our resident robin and her chicks.
I noticed her nest in the tree outside our bedroom window a few weeks ago. Three beautiful eggs and a dedicated mama, sitting on the nest day and night. I kept checking in on her, and talking to Mama Robin throughout the day, and she got used to me.
Then we left town for a week. I thought of her when we were gone…wondering how she survived all the rain we heard we had, and wondering if her chicks had hatched. When I arrived home, I immediately went up to see her. I believe Mama Robin remembered me.
She was still sitting in her nest and all seemed well, but I couldn’t see any chicks.
However, the next day, when mama flew away for some food, I saw the eggs were hatched. I think I saw all three chicks, but then the next day there were only two. I found the dead chick under the tree, when I was out doing yard work.
When I am outside and approach Mama Robin’s nest, I warn her I’m coming. She doesn’t fly away.
It’s been a fun nature show to watch.
I was surprised. By the time I got my camera she had wandered into the neighbor’s yard.
This was fun to see, an update on Mama Robin and her babies. I’m sorry one didn’t make it. And then to see a deer in your yard. How are the foxes? Still around?
The foxes have scattered and we do not see evidence of them at the den anymore.
I hear others see them around town.
Beautiful beautiful robin pictures : )
Thank you.
It’s very special how you worked to gain the mamas trust. Beatiful photos of a beautiful and heart-warming event.
Thanks Sue. I’ll miss them when they’re gone. 😉