A Mother Robin

 A few months ago I found out that a robin had built a nest in a small tree right next to my house. At first I thought there was just one bird but soon discovered that there was three baby birds in the nest. I was kind of surprised that it took me so long to notice them cause baby birds are by no means quite and I passed by the tree anytime I leave the house. Still I'm happy I got the chance to see them and watch them grow up. It was very interesting to see how fast they grew and the process of them going from balls of fluff to balls of  feathers. 

It only took about a week in a half before I saw the baby birds leave the nest. The nest was empty for about a month until one day I saw another set of three baby robins plus a momma robin. I'm not sure if it was the same robin from the first time but I would like to believe that it is. Just like the first time it only took a few weeks before the baby birds left the nest. As of writing this, there have been no new baby birds and I haven't seen any robins in the nest. I'm hoping that by next spring there will be more baby birds and I can watch them grow up again.

I know I've already stated this but I'm a pretty big fan when it comes to birds. I love watching eagel and hawk cams in my free time so getting to experience seeing baby birds so close and in person was really cool. I didn't want to disturb the birds so I kept my distance and tried my best to avoid anything that could cause them stressed. Unfortunately this meant I limited the amount of photos I took of the birds. Most of my photos are heavily zoomed in along with being taken from the same angle. Luckily for me the mama robin was very photogenic so I was able to get this picture of her after a bit of light rain. I can't really say the same for the babies, so you'll just have to imagine their cuteness.

Now, time for some fun facts about robins.

American Robins lay light blue eggs which is pretty unique compared to other birds. This was one of my favorite bird fun facts as a kid.

Unfortunetly Robins tend to have short life spans with the average being about two years. With that being said there have been plenty of case of Robins living longer and in one case a Robin was able to live past 13 years.

While robins do eat worms, like most birds they also eat a lot of berries. Apparently they can even become intoxicated when eating honeysuckle berries which I find to be a funny thought.

Anyways that's all for this entry. I enjoy taking pictures of birds so you'll definitely be seeing more of them. I'm actually worried that at the rate I'm going at this photo journal might end up becoming more of a bird journal. Then again you can never have too many birds.

-Miss.Mundane