The three birds right before they flew the nest.
This one stayed in the nest for a couple of days after the others. The parents stopped feeding it (for the most part - they came only occasionally) and we suspect that was a motivation for the baby to leave the nest.
I ended up startling this one out of the nest when taking a picture. The mother bird (Roberta) had been pestering this one all day - we swear it looked like she was trying to push it out of the nest. After it left, the mother was busy cleaning the nest, including getting rid of the one egg that didn't hatch (someone found it on the ground later) and the poop from the two days this bird stayed in the nest beyond its siblings. Since then the mother has done some nest remodeling, including lining it with mud and then placing a fresh layer of grass/twigs over the mud. It's now a little deeper and more reinforced. I haven't seen any new eggs over the last two or three days, but the mother is sitting on the nest this morning again.
The baby has returned to the deck a few times to sit in the sun. We have also seen it in the trees in the yard. I haven't seen the other two birds in several days - their fate is unknown...
This robin decided to build a nest on our deck light. We have enjoyed watching the progression from nest building to egg laying to egg sitting. The bird has figured out that the activities behind the window aren't menacing, although the cats have been trying to prove otherwise. They growl, assume the pouncing position, and try to look deadly, but the bird has figured out they are harmless. I took the picture sitting at our kitchen table. We haven't looked in the nest yet for fear of causing the bird to abandon the eggs. The mother bird has proven herself to be stalwart, having sat through several downpours over the last few days. What mothers will do for their babies...
