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| Not our nest. Ours is cleverly crafted in the Y between a waterspout and a wall. Our robins aren't this big yet, but are getting there! Source. |
We've had a lot of fun watching a robin couple scout locations, thoughtfully build right where we can watch them from our back room, and hatch 3 nestlings, and chase birds away. Now the babies are starting to stretch their heads above the nest edge and fleetingly look around before sinking down again.
Our only problem is that robins spend a day on the ground practicing flying when they fledge. So the one thing these parents didn't consider is that we've got a dog door, a klutzy Boxer and a terrier type who has hunting bred into her bones apparently. That doesn't bode well for any babies on the ground.
So we've worked out the timing as well as we can for fledging time (Wikipedia don't fail me now). Early next week we're going to shut the dog door and go to leashed walkies in the yard for bathroom breaks. Fingers crossed we'll see those little guys on the ground and know when they're safe.
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| I've seen baby robins sitting on the sides of their nests, contemplating the world. They look a lot like this. I love that giant bill. Source. |
On our recent hike we saw fledglings in the same cactus that we saw blue eggs in last year... cactus wren? sparrow? The nest is about 4 ft off the ground but well protected by cactus spines.We had 2 hummer nests in our yard but the one was apparently too low and abandoned before completion. The other has a sitter on it.
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