This brag is for the Birds- UPDATE new pics added

[dreamcatcher1962]

Added a few new pics on post 30 may 6th


Ok, so I don't usually post brags, but this is one I couldn't resist.

On Monday after picking up dd from work we noticed a bird's nest sitting on top of DH's extension ladder under our back deck. It just seem to appear out of the blue, we never saw any activity there at all.


We checked the nest from the top of the deck so as not to disturb it, but nothing was there. Empty

Tuesday, still empty.
Wednesday this is what we found

Checked again Thursday and low and behold

Friday we found this

We figured ok 3 eggs now maybe Mama bird will stay on her nest.
From the time we found the first egg, she seemed to be rarely in the nest, but clearly she has been coming back to it regularly

Today we checked again , not expecting to find anything....

We were wrong.
I told dd maybe if we wait long enough we'll have a dozen, lol.
After all this, Mama has decided it's time to stay in the nest.

I guess our next pic's will be baby pics .

May 3rd, 3 babies have hatched still waiting on number 4.
I was able to get 2 decent pic's. Will try to post them here, hopefully they won't be huge pics again but no promises , lol.
They aren't much to look at right now, but I believe they only hatched overnight

Have a great day everyone.

[ninna]

What an awesome brag!!!! I love how you took pictures each day. That's so cool. And I didn't know a robin would have THAT many eggs at once. hmmm. That's an awful lot of worms to find when it comes time to feed those hungry mouths!

Thanks for the smile!

[GoJays]

well this bird thinks that's just fantastic

[dreamcatcher1962]

Thanks for the comments
We all think it's pretty cool.
It will be interesting to see the babies after they hatch.

[Natalka]

That's awesome - great pics! Very cool that they are somewhere you can see!
We have birds nest in two places in our yard - in a cedar at the side, high up so we can't see - and in a pine tree up front.

[Lynn49]

Oh, how wonderful!!! Those eggs are so blue!! I've never seen a robin's egg before.....now I know what colour "robin's egg blue" is, lol! And that you took pictures each day! So now Mama has settled in....isn't nature wonderful?

Can't wait to see pics of those little bobbing heads once they hatch!

I've been hanging bits of red knitting yarn in the tree out back...pieces about 8" long and when I wake up each morning, they're gone! I can't find any in the yard that may have fallen, so I"m assuming I'm helping 'feather' someone's nest...

Keep up the good work...I'll look forward to more photos once those wee ones hatch!
Thanks for sharing!!!

[SharonMe]

Great photos of the progression.
I've never seen a robin's eggs either.
We have a robin that's taken over our yard this spring. He's so brave, plucking worms while I'm weeding

[barginbin-barbie]

Wow. That is so cool. Hopefully they all are able to hatch

[dreamcatcher1962]

Thanks for the comments. It's pretty interesting to all of us here as well.
What amazes me is that dd was able to take the egg pic's through a less than 1/2 inch space between the floor boards of the deck.
The grey areas in the photos are the deck floor boards.
From what I understand, Robins usually only lay 4 eggs and once the last egg has been laid it takes about 2 weeks to hatch, and then two weeks after that they try to fly out of the nest.
If we can get baby pics, I'll be sure to post them here as an update.
Maybe by then I'll be able to figure out how to post pictures that aren't huge.lol

[Snow Queen]

Cute photos! I always love finding the old, broken open shells of baby birds after they have successfully hatched.

[Lynn49]

Hon, in this birdies' case...huge is just fine!!!
Looking forward to them!

[ssbean]

Wow!! The pictures are amazing. I can't believe what a pretty colour the eggs are. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

[bluerose]

Nice pictures thanks for sharing.

[Miss Molly]

Wow, that's awesome! Just give them space, especially in the early days when they're feeding the babies. Both parents raise the babies so you'll see a lot of back and forth activity. When you take pics, don't use the flash, it's not good for their eyes.

[dreamcatcher1962]

Thanks for the tips Miss Molly