As you know, I have been super excited about the Robin's Nest in our yard. I've been watching all the stages...as they were building the nest...as she was laying her eggs and as she was spending lots of time in the nest keeping her little babies warm, so they would hatch. On Tuesday, I noticed when I got up in the morning...that she wasn't in her nest. I thought perhaps she was out searching for something to eat...but every time I came back to the window to check on her, the nest was consistently empty. My heart starting feeling heavy, but I didn't want to doubt that she was gone for good.
So, Wednesday morning I woke up and found the same thing. So I took the camera out, hovered over the nest (to se if I could get a peek of what was going on, on the inside) and snapped a picture. Much to my sadness, I found that there were only three eggs left in the nest (the last picture we took...there were four perfect eggs) and the mommy Robin has not been back to her nest!
I am not sure if a "scavenger" got in the nest in the middle of the night or if something happened to the mama...but I am pretty sure we won't be seeing these beautiful Robin Blue eggs hatch.
That makes me terribly sad!
I was hoping the kids and I could watch these little baby birds grow, change and eventually fly away. I guess we'll have to wait till next SPRING and hope that we'll get lucky with another mommy Robin finding our yard the perfect place to have her babies!
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