A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 SHHHHH! THEY'RE ASWEEP!

While stalking the elusive Cedar Waxwing, I noticed a fresh new grassy nest out on the branch of a tree. I could not see into the nest because it was 7 feet off the ground, so I carefully raised my camera up over my head and pointed it into the nest. this is what the picture revealed:

HOME SWEET HOME


CHIRP, CHIRP, TWEET, TWEET

Oh wow Thorny, that is just amazing. Those lil guys look hungry!

what kind of birds are they , thorny???

toooo sweet!!

"hey mom! where are those nice juicy worms??!!!" they are just toooo kute for words!!

I believe these are American Robins. I'll know for sure in a couple of weeks at the most.

Great pictures Thorny!!
My nest & egg book says Robins nests are usually 6' wide OD by 3" tall. Is that the size?
Ah, one more clue in a birders world.

Really great picture Thorny!

Mystery solved! I went back today to find Mama bird on the nest. She's an American Robin. And here she is.

MAMA ROBIN

Aw, that's sweet! I love listening to the robins sing!

We have a bird here in Californai they say is a robin, but it's brown with an orange chest and head. Not black.
Speaking of babies, we have a new baby crow in the backyard, and his mom.
That baby never gives her a break-a thin, honk squawk all day long.
I make sure there's plenty of good foods. Crows are scavengers so scraps are OK, plus seed and whole grain breads.

The babies are coming along! Here are pics I took yesterday.

DON'T LOOK UP!



WHAT?

Looks like they are coming along nicely Thorny!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! They are adorable, nature in itself is so amazing.

Here is how the nest looked as of yesterday.

EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

Hey thorny,
Here is my nest but she has it on my front porch

then i went bk and like u ,I am short so i stood on a bucket and aimed down and this is what i got

can't wait to see what kind of bird's they are.
but i bet cute too
bettyboop1948
hope this is not to big, if so so sorry

So sorry i went bk to bucket and checked the size
I thought i did resize but must ave missed that one so sorry all
bettyboop1948

That appears to be an Eastern Phoebe or Barn Swallow nest. Take daily pictures until the babies leave the nest to have a diary of the development of the babies. Do a Google Image Search of Barn Swallows and Eastern Phoebes to see what the parents are.