Robin update

Yesterday the first baby robin hatched.   We didn't notice until after the mother had cleared all the shell pieces away.  But this morning when we checked, the second baby was still sitting in half a shell and it was much more lively than the first.

 Excuse the poor pics, but I don't want to scare the mother away.  Here's the 2nd baby with its mouth wide open.

A few minutes after these pics were taken, the mother had already cleared away the rest of the shell and was sitting on the nest.  Another adult robin flew up also and I wonder if that was the male robin.  I think the male helps get food, although it doesn't sit on the eggs.  The last egg should hatch soon and in two weeks they will be pushed out of the nest.  The mother will have 1 or 2 more broods this season, but will likely build a different nest.

Our Robin

Our robin has laid 3 eggs.  It laid one on Thurs, one on Fri, and one on Sat last week.  According to Wikipedia, the eggs hatch in 14 days and the babies leave the nest 2 weeks later.  So hopefully this week we will be able to see some baby robins hatching.  The mother is being very faithful, she doesn't even fly away when Aaron is waving the curtains all around her nest.  Wikipedia says, "The American Robin does not shy away from nesting close to human habitation."  I guess that explains it!

Spring has sprung

A robin built her nest right outside our sliding glass door in our kitchen, and today she laid an egg!  We're trying to keep the curtains shut and the kids away from the window so we can watch the egg hatch.