American robin
Killdeer nest update and robin eggs
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I went out to check on our killdeer nest this morning, and the eggs still have not hatched. I politely disturbed our host just enough to get a standing reaction and thus revealed four black and gray speckled eggs. Cool!
Now, at this point the killdeer was not in a hosting mood and peeped loudly at [...]
Family Birdwatching!
Hello again! I thought I’d start today with a little glimpse into our family life…this morning my son and I completed our first-ever bird house project! It’s one of the ones they give you for free at Home Depot on Saturday mornings (a very cool feature). My son did all the nailing, and then [...]
Bluebirds, nests, and a hurt baby?
Wow! Our bluebirds are definitely back! Saturday morning was a flurry of activity with the male actively recruiting/lobbying for the female to start another nest in our nestbox and the female eating all the mealworms we would supply. Each time she flew close to the box (he has officially reclaimed the spot as his perch [...]
Two robin eggs in a pear tree! … (but no partridge)
So yesterday morning I got the ladder out, climbed up into our tree, and this is what I found…two blue robin eggs! They are bigger and brighter than the bluebird eggs we just had, almost double in size difference. I’m not sure how long they’ve been there, but the mama robin is actively sitting on them. [...]
Eastern bluebirds yield spotlight to…a robin nest!
Hello again, bird watchers! The news from the weekend is that we have another nest! A robin had built one in a tree right beside our deck without our knowing it, and she is now sitting on eggs. So, after watching the whole process with our beloved bluebirds, it appears we now get the same privilege with a different bird! I know far less [...]
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