Several weeks ago there was some exciting activity as a robin worked industriously at building a nest. The noise of the bird landing and moving about in a group of Mahonia 'Charity' was interesting. The nest looked completed to me and then mom disappeared. Fast forward to last week and I noticed a robin gathering bits of Spanish Moss and flying to the nest. A new couple moving into the nest? The same bird returning? This time mom stayed with the nest for about 7 days.
She'd be there morning and night and sometimes would stand at the side of the nest peering down and, I thought turning her eggs. How delightful to see her raise her brood. Alas, a couple of days ago, she was no longer on the nest and hasn't returned since. Perhaps this nest wasn't meant to be a home. Will she return? Will another robin think it's a groovy pad? We shall see.
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Oops, remember to remove the hose filling the pond before taking a picture.
I hope your robin's nest finds an occupant. Finally after several years I have chickadees living in one of my birdhouses. There's a mass of material sticking out the hole and I see them flying in and out.
ReplyDeleteWhat a picky robin! I'd have thought Spanish moss would make the perfect lining for a comfortable nest.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience Robins are not the brightest bulbs on the strand. They routinely build nests in precarious spots and last spring one hurled itself at my windows for weeks. But hey there are hundreds around so who am I to judge?
ReplyDeleteI think robins start building a nest and then wait for the perfect time to finish and then lay eggs. If she left after sitting for seven days I would say the nest was predated.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid our little nestlings will be falling out of their nest before they are ready as one side is slumping. I will be watching.
Your foliage is always a treat.
Look at that stunning foliage! It's breathtaking! Getting attached to wildlife is so nerve-wracking. I remember one year when four robin's successfully fledged, but one--on its first foray out of the nest--was taken by a starling while I was watching. Another year, I had a great view of a hummingbird nest and got some video footage, too. Unfortunately, it was predated and I later found tiny HB eggs smashed on the ground underneath. That said, it still IS fun to watch the birds go about their nesting and young-raising...and all their activities. Much better than TV!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is so much about the foliage. You could feature hundreds of plants!
ReplyDeleteI do worry about your robin.
We put up a lot of birdhouses and had a flurry of activity and then nothing. It was exciting to see a chickadee building a nest in one on our deck but apparently a house finch evicted it. That mad us so mad that we took it down.
ReplyDeleteYour Robins are very different to ours x
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