Mother Robin faithfully sat on her nest with little three eggs for several days. We noticed nothing new until we found a pretty blue eggshell on the far side of the yard, a long way from the nest. We later discovered robins often remove the shells and take them far away from the nest, in order to avoid giving away the nest location to possible predators.
For the past few weeks we’ve been watching mom and dad Robin vigorously and faithfully hunting and digging worms and cramming them into the three greedy little mouths. As a result these little guys are growing like crazy and are now even developing new feathers. I wondered about the new feathers poking through their delicate little skins. Is it like a baby teething, and is it painful? — only a Robin would know.
So life is good for our three little baby robins, nestled comfortably and quietly in their nest. They seem quite contented, and rarely even chirp. In order to get their needs met, all they need do is open their little mouths.
Stay tuned for further adventures…
