Baby robins as photographed by my husband. He had to get something out of the shed so he quickly held his camera over the nest while the adult robins were frantically chirping at us, and got out of there quickly so they could relax. We see two babies, but I think there’s another one there, too, maybe on the upper right? But I can’t tell whether that baby is alive or not. The photo makes them look bigger than they actually are.
I imagine they’ll fledge soon.
In other bird news, late in the afternoon, as I was opening the front door, I saw at least two or three Carolina wrens. They were on the maple tree, flying down to the ground and then back up to the bark. I also heard their song. In my research on them, I read that after the babies fledge, the family often hangs out in the same area for a while as the parents help the babies learn to find food. I’m so happy to have seen them for a brief time. That was a gift I sorely needed.
More rain and thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Don took on too much outside work yesterday, so I’ve persuaded him to take it easy for a couple of days. Truth be told, I didn’t have to work too hard to persuade him.
I’m going to paint today.
Stay safe.
Happy Thursday.
Am enjoying the boys…school finishes June 9…the elder one works online with teacher from here. the younger one finished kindergarten virtual…we work together. I am also tutoring the little fellow on the west coast-friend of daughter in law. Love the teaching. Enjoy your painting.
Quite talented.
Enjoy your teaching, Brenda!
Stay safe.
Oh, you know I’m a sucker for birds—baby ones or otherwise. I hear them and feel them, but only in my mind. Thanks for the feathers, Don!
I’ll relay your message to Don!
Stay safe, Shanna.
incredible photo of the baby robins … and don was sure brave to take it! thank you both.
glad if you both take it easy and that you have plenty of interests to fill the days.
prayers continue for peace …
many food boxes to be delivered today. grateful for some help with that. also that tomorrow is friday. don’t mean to wish away time, but i could use a weekend right now. :)
kathy in iowa
Soon you’ll have reached the weekend, Kathy!
Stay safe.
I’m glad to hear your wrens are still with you. You can still enjoy their songs. And that pic that Don took…fantastic. Those baby robins are adorable.
It’s sort of amazing to me, how easily attached to birds or animals we can be. I know I’m attached to my cranes. They live in the empty lot across the street…but actually nest on the other side of the creek that borders that lot. And in sad news….someone is going to start building a house on that lot. How dare they! (That lot has been empty the entire 38 years we’ve lived here.) What will happen to my cranes? Will they continue to try and make a home there…or will they find another place. With their nest on the other side of the creek…I wonder. And, since we have coyotes, I always worry.
I wish you could ship some of your rain westward. We are hurting, and could really use some. Happy painting! ;)
Oh no! I’d be worried about that, too!
I’d be happy to send you some rain, Donna.
Stay safe!
I need to start paying more attention to our birds. They are giving you so much pleasure.
It takes me longer to recover from physical labor too. Frustrating but normal I guess.
I guess it is, but I don’t like it.
Stay safe, Kay!
It does appear there could be three babies but how sad if the smaller, faded one is deceased; we’ll hope it isn’t so. Wow, I’ve never seen such a close-up photo of birds in a nest like this! When I was a kid, we had a tall-narrow, thick-dense cypress tree and somehow a mama bird would wedge a nest in there but, unfortunately, on a few occasions, a tiny baby would fall out of the nest. My dad would gingerly pick it up (was still alive) and put it back in the nest and we’d hope for the best. But this is Nature and for as beautiful and wondrous it can be, as so it can be harsh for survival in the wild. Your yard is a sweet haven for so many of God’s tender creatures!
I’ve recently become entranced with The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It’s another childhood book I just can’t recall reading, which is somewhat unbelievable to me now. I think I read a condensed version of it which perhaps didn’t have the impact it should have; I dunno. Anyway, in adult years, I’d bought the book a long, long time ago for my essential ‘home library’ (the must haves) so am re-reading it because I got intrigued by the 1940s-era film adaptation which I caught by happenstance recently (flipping the channels with the remote; was on TCM) which lead me to watch the Colin Firth version (from 2020; I very much enjoyed it), so now I’m about to watch a 1990s one of same which I believe features the actress Maggie Smith. I think a sequel movie makes it four. (Either of the two other films have Maggie Smith or Joan Plowright; can’t remember which.) Anyway, I haven’t been disappointed yet. Good storylines; good acting. Magical gardens!
Xoxo
That makes me very happy. I expect they’ll fledge, soon.
Stay safe, Vicki!
Good to know your birds are doing so well. I watch my Cardinal couple at the feeders but never see nests. It just now started raining here so I’m glad I got some errands done earlier. Rest for me now. Hugs!
Hugs to you, Linda.
Stay safe!
What a marvelous photo. I’m so glad you have babies! I think my wrens decided on a different spot — I haven’t heard the songs of late and I miss them. I’m glad yours are close at hand.
We heard a lot of wren song this morning, Jeanie.
Stay safe!