We gots babies

[Rattlecan]

We almost always get robins nesting in our yard, but the varmints always destroyed the nests before the eggs hatched.

this time it appears they picked a safe spot balanced on the handle of a shovel.

as far as I can tell, there are four babies all hatched within the last three days. Here’s hoping they survive to fly away.

[Airehead]

Interesting spot 

[JerrySTL]

We already had a brood of 4 fly away and the nest is in use again.

[shootingstar]

8 minutes ago, JerrySTL said:

We already had a brood of 4 fly away and the nest is in use again.

You mean in the wreath?  Amazing...  hopefully not much bird poo, on wreath later.

[Rattlecan]

I saw mom fly away so I quickly went and got a shot in the nest.

[shootingstar]

13 minutes ago, Rattlecan said:

I saw mom fly away so I quickly went and got a shot in the nest.

So we are looking at just hatched babies?

[Rattlecan]

47 minutes ago, shootingstar said:

So we are looking at just hatched babies?

Yes 

[Kirby]

I had robins nest above the patio light the first year I lived here, but they never came back.   Very exciting!

[shootingstar]

1 hour ago, Kirby said:

I had robins nest above the patio light the first year I lived here, but they never came back.   Very exciting!

Maybe it was too much light/warmth if light was flipped on. Or they found a cosier corner.

[shootingstar]

Rattlecan, I got this shot in Banff, early Dec. one year. I was so shocked to even get it. It's from one of my past Christmas blog posts.

[smudge]

Keep the blue Jays away!! My mom lost a whole nest of robin babies to the stupid jays. 

[shootingstar]

15 minutes ago, smudge said:

Keep the blue Jays away!! My mom lost a whole nest of robin babies to the stupid jays. 

I didn't know jays were that vicious.  

[MickinMD]

Before my 2020 house fire, I had one pair of robins who built a nest every year around my back porch motion-detecting light and another pair that built a nest around my front porch light.  A third pair had a nest in a tall Canadian maple tree in my back yard.

When their eggs had hatched they'd dive bomb the mailman and anyone else who approached but didn't bother me.

Now I've had the tree cut down, there aren't the nooks and crannies near the porch lights, and I think the robins are nesting in my neighbor's yard - which is pretty cluttered and has two very-tall fir trees.  But I see them.  They spend a lot of time digging for worms in my yard or eating the bread heels I through out in the yard for them.

[Rattlecan]

9 hours ago, smudge said:

Keep the blue Jays away!! My mom lost a whole nest of robin babies to the stupid jays. 

We do have blue jays in abundance, but so far so good.

[Airehead]

22 hours ago, smudge said:

Keep the blue Jays away!! My mom lost a whole nest of robin babies to the stupid jays. 

They are mean as all get out. 

[Airehead]

Still safe today?

[Rattlecan]

2 hours ago, Airehead said:

Still safe today?

yup

[Airehead]

1 hour ago, Rattlecan said:

yup

Good to hear. I am invested in their success now. 

[Rattlecan]

On 5/15/2022 at 11:16 PM, Airehead said:

Good to hear. I am invested in their success now. 

They are growing at a very fast pace. Mostly covered in feathers and will no doubt be flying away soon.

 

[Airehead]

1 hour ago, Rattlecan said:

They are growing at a very fast pace. Mostly covered in feathers and will no doubt be flying away soon.

 

Good to hear