We've been watching the robin's nest in the backyard. A few weeks ago the first babies left and 5 new eggs were laid.
Last Saturday, we were blessed with four new babies. They had clearly just been born, as they had no feathers and were teeny tiny. There was still one egg in the nest for the rest of the day. Sunday it was gone so we were sure that it didn't hatch.
We've been watching this week as they have gotten a lot bigger and more feathery. Today one of the kids noticed that there were indeed 5 beeks poking out of the nest. Its been hard to tell since usually they are just a big pile of bird, but we indeed saw 5 beeks - so all 5 eggs hatched.
We stood quietly on the porch and watched as two different robins flew around the back yard and approached the nest - and then both of them flew to the nest.
I guess with this many babies, it takes both a mom AND a dad to feed the babies.
This nest has really afforded us some fun bird watching over the past few years.
(photos are grainy because I'm taking them through the screen of the porch - I don't want to go out and get close enough to get photos for fear of scaring away Mom and Dad)
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