You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I did a post about finding a robin’s nest right next to my front door.
Here is the link in case you want to go back to it for a look. https://wordsfromanneli.com/2022/04/25/hiding-the-children/
You may also remember that there were four pretty blue eggs in it.
A few days after discovering the eggs, I peeked into the nest when the mother wasn’t on the nest and I saw that the eggs had hatched, but I couldn’t tell how many.
About ten days later, I dared to take another quick peek with my camera ready. I had to hurry before the mother came back. I didn’t want to upset her. Balancing on a few toes, I leaned into the yew tree, held the branches back with one hand and took the picture with the camera flailing around in the other hand. Hence, the challenge for you to figure out what you’re looking at.
Can you sort out how many baby robins have hatched? It helps to look for big eyes and beaks.
Don’t forget to visit my other blog for helpful hints in writing-related topics.
https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/word-surprises/
May 10, 2022 at 12:19 pm
Aw baby birds are so vulnerable.
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May 10, 2022 at 12:21 pm
They really are. I’ve been chasing away crows and ravens hanging around the yard looking for delicacies.
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May 10, 2022 at 12:51 pm
It looks like three hatchlings to me, sweet little babies!
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May 10, 2022 at 7:35 pm
I saw four. Whether they’ll all make it is another story.
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May 10, 2022 at 1:15 pm
Zwei mindestens sind geschlüpft, kann leider nicht mehr erkennen. Du wirst uns aufklären?!
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May 10, 2022 at 7:36 pm
It’s pretty hard to see, but I can see three mouths and an extra eye, so my guess is four. But it is a very poor (quickly stolen) photo.
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May 11, 2022 at 12:38 am
You don’t want to put the brood in additional danger, it’s enough that they have hatched and are growing up 😍
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May 11, 2022 at 9:28 am
Exactly. Today two of them for sure are out of the nest, so naive and easy pickings for starlings and crows, but they’re hiding in the shrubs and I saw the other come to feed them. The other one or two (I can’t tell without bothering the nest and I don’t want to do that) are still sitting there, waiting.
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May 10, 2022 at 4:53 pm
That is darling. My sister has bluebirds hatching in her bird boxes. It must be spring.
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May 10, 2022 at 7:34 pm
So happy about that. I love bluebirds even though we don’t have them here. We used to see them when I lived in northern BC.
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May 11, 2022 at 8:13 am
I can’t think of the last time I saw a robin. We sure read about them a lot when I was in elementary school (a thousand years ago).
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May 11, 2022 at 9:25 am
We have a lot of them up here.
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May 10, 2022 at 7:05 pm
I hope they make it!
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May 10, 2022 at 7:37 pm
I hope so too. If even half of them make it, it will be good.
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May 10, 2022 at 8:43 pm
I think I see four beaks! So nice that they hatched, Anneli! You will soon hear them.
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May 10, 2022 at 9:16 pm
I sure hope they make it. I see four beaks too and I hope they will all be okay. The crows and ravens are already passing by regularly.
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May 11, 2022 at 12:15 am
All four have hatched, I am sure of it. I wish them good luck and a good life in your garden.
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May 11, 2022 at 5:30 am
Awww!
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May 11, 2022 at 5:48 pm
Wow ! SUCH an awesome image of those blue eggs.
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May 11, 2022 at 6:51 pm
Pretty colour, I think.
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May 14, 2022 at 11:25 pm
Those eggs are very cute.
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May 15, 2022 at 9:40 am
I love that colour, and I’m glad the robins all hatched. Hope they make it.
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May 19, 2022 at 5:01 am
Nice color of eggs
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May 19, 2022 at 8:21 am
I love that colour too! I don’t understand it though. They don’t camouflage very well.
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May 25, 2022 at 6:51 am
Anneli, thanks for sharing the rest of the story. Despite your gymnastics to get into position for this photo op, your efforts turned out quite well.
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May 25, 2022 at 8:40 am
I’m pretty sure that at least a couple of the babies made it.
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