My grandson Oliver was fascinated when I showed him the mother robin sitting on her nest. She found a handy spot to build her nest. Martin stores his 28 foot ladder hanging sideways just under the eaves of the low wall of his workshop. Momma robin thought the side along the bottom was a good spot. Once we discovered her and the nest, Martin and I only forgot a couple of times that she was there and walked by that side of the workshop, startling her off of her eggs.
Oliver visited for a day and I showed him the Momma robin. He kept sneaking off to peek at her and give her a little wave. Once the eggs hatched, I snapped this photo for him.
Those babies certainly grew fast. This picture was taken about a month before the babies fledged.
Now we have an empty nest.
Our mother robin in on round 2 of family raising. Last time we had a chance to look in the nest, there were 3 eggs in there. (I have to admit, it was Martin that looked. I have to climb on something to see in the nest.)
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