Author Topic: Only a Mother would love this face! Baby Robins.. (Read 2322 times)

Bonnie · « **on:** April 30, 2008, 07:17:39 AM »

Nest is right beside my front porch.. they are so ugly but yet so cute!

emm · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:59:04 AM »

I see only beauty! That's a great vantage point you have Bonnie. Lucky you. emm

Double S · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2008, 08:30:23 AM »

Now that made me smile!!!!!!!!!!!! Great photo! Thanks for sharing!!

karen J · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2008, 08:33:38 AM »

Look at that beautiful blue. Great pic!

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2008, 09:07:34 AM »

How Beautiful! The egg is so blue! Love you photo, Bonnie!

Argos5 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2008, 09:27:09 AM »

Great photo...you can almost hear them calling for mom.

Indiana Karen · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2008, 02:45:15 PM »

Oh, so cute

Kittyzee · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2008, 05:38:31 PM »

I LOVE baby birds, especially robins. They look like muppets with that funny hair

Then when they get their feathers, they have tufts on the sides of their heads...I raised a whole nest of them once when I was a little girl. Never had any success with baby birds as an adult...

Ky Kim · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2008, 06:40:25 PM »

Awwww, adorable.

Kim

Esther · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2008, 06:56:10 PM »

Oh so cute.

When I was a kid, between when the storm windows were taken down and the screens put up, there was a momma robin who built a nest on the second story window sill for several years in a row. I would sit down on the floor down the wall and ooch (is that a word) slowly over to the window. I'd sit there for the longest time and watch them. Loved it. Momma would tip her head this way and that like she suspected I wasn't supposed to be there but because I held so still she learned that I was OK.

Bonnie · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:27:53 PM »

Three babies now, I was worried about them last night because it was supposed to get almost to freezing temps but luckily it didn't get quite as cold. (I think 36 degrees)

I thought about putting a sheet around the shrub but didn't know if that would freak Momma out or keep her away.

Luckily between the 3 of them and Momma, all stayed safe and warm!

LuAnn did the Momma leave the nest before or after they were hatched?

Esther, love your story..

landey1230 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:28:35 PM »

Great pic. Are you tempted to feed them?

Bonnie · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:31:22 PM »

Quote from: landey1230 on April 30, 2008, 07:28:35 PM

Great pic. Are you tempted to feed them?

No, I keep my distance.. Momma is taking very good care of her babies!

landey1230 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:34:40 PM »

I guess it's the kid in me that would think that way.

mcp · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:36:56 PM »

Bonnie,Great pictures ! Please keep us posted as they grow up with pictures. I have a ladder hanging on the side of my shed and I see the other day a robin is trying to build a on top of it. Guess i will not have to do any work with the ladder until after the birds are gone.

Krista · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2008, 07:25:34 AM »

How awesome!

Bonnie · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2008, 07:35:23 PM »

It's amazing how fast these little guys grow!
Momma was doing a good job protecting them from the rain..

Bonnie · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2008, 07:40:14 PM »

Today, two days later from the previous pix.

emm · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2008, 08:57:13 AM »

No wonder little birds eat so much, takes a lot of energy to grow that fast! Your pictures are amazing Bonnie. emm

Esther · « **Reply #19 on:** May 05, 2008, 04:16:21 AM »

Those pictures are so precious. It looks like the only time their moths are closed is when they're sleeping. LOL

miguynmkoi · « **Reply #20 on:** May 05, 2008, 10:03:48 AM »

VERY Amazing and fabulous photos, Bonnie. Thanks for the updates.

Bonnie · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2008, 01:42:00 PM »

Unfortunately our Kitty, Phoebe found the nest yesterday.. knocked it on the ground and one of the babies was killed from Phoebe thinking it was a play toy!

DH put the nest back along with the other two babies and luckily they are doing well.

I did give Phoebe a scolding but I can't blame her for her instinct. She WILL stay indoors until the babies have flown away though.

Kittyzee · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2008, 06:48:55 PM »

Oh no Bonnie! Bad kitty...but it's what they do. The mother robin in my story must have flown away...the babies were just skin and they were scattered about under a tree. My parents rescued them and I raised them to be adults. They would sit on my shoulders while I walked around the yard. They would run to me when they would see me coming when they were old enough to be outside.

Your pictures are stunning!