And then there were FOUR eggs!
Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, around 12:30AM it was so windy that our neighbors tree blew over. I was a little worried about the poor little Robin and her nest.
They were not harmed at all! Yay!
Fast forward two weeks. May 16th. We have some babies! Two weebit babies! Scraggly looking things!
May 17th, we have two more! One is still halfway in it's shell.
Look at those giant eyes!
Bummed that this one didn't turn out clear.
Mama bird got rid of the final shell. I think the one bird got all tuckered out waiting for food!
We're trying to stay off the patio and to go out the front door and around the house if we need to go in the backyard but it's really tough. Especially since it's BBQ weather and the kids want to play outside! Hopefully in two more weeks the babies will be all grown up and leaving the nest!
Our baby birds are getting big already. Here they are two days later and they are already bigger and darker and have dark little spines.
Faye and I went outside today to take a picture of the babies and to check on the gardens. I didn't notice the Mama and Papa birds in the nest when we came out and they flew away right away. We looked at the gardens first and stood in the yard to watch the birds. They were flying from tree to tree and along our neighbors fence watching us. The Papa bird came to the patio and had a mouth full of food. We stayed out in the yard so that we did not disturb them. My father in law came out of the garage and the Papa bird flew away, but not too far. They waited until everything was clear and slowly made their way to the nest. We watched them and when they went to their nest, we went around the other side and took pictures from a distance that was OK with the birds.
The Papas on the left on the patio and the Mama on the right on the fence.
Here is the Papa waiting on the patio with some grub!
Mama feeding, Papa waiting his turn
Mama checking us out
The Babies!
These little guys (or girls) are getting so big! Here they are on May 22nd. 5 and 6 Days old!
After they realized that I wasn't their Mother or Father, they decided to nap!
May 24th, 7 and 8 Days old!
The hollow shaft of their feathers are very long now and they have started to sprout the barb.
They are opening their eyes now!
AND This evening I got a video of Papa feeding his little babies! And taking some poop out of the nest!
It's almost over! We have a fledgling now. This evening - May 28th, one of the little chicks hopped out of the nest, flapped down to the ground and walked and flapped into the garden. His/her mother found him/her, fed her, and took off. We haven't seen the little one since! We still have three birds in the nest (as at 9 PM).
Here they are, all snuggied up on May 25th.
They've become quite skiddish around us. Whenever we go out, they popped their little eyes open. If they are fluffing their feathers or doing anything at all, they'll stop as soon as they see us and try to sink as far into the nest as they can.
Here they are on May 26th. All lined up in a row!
and on the 27th, they're so big they are stacked ontop of eachother!
And now, for today's pictures! Their feathers are turning orange! This big guy on top is probably the one that left today. It's hard to tell because they all look alike!
Those poor little birds on the bottom are probably glad that the top on left!
Here he goes!
S/he then took off into the gardens and mommy was waiting with a worm!
The mommy was calling for the baby and every couple whistles you could hear the baby chirp. The baby went into the garden and all you could see was leaves on one of the plants moving. Birdy got stuck! S/he turned around and mommy saw him, ran up to him with a worm, fed him and then took off. The baby is in the green plant on the left side of the mommy.
And now there are three!
First Edit: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:55 PM
Second Edit: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:07 PM
Third Edit: Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:28 PM
