Why Are You Bothering Me?? by NefariousDrO
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This is part two of the "Robins Are Stubborn" post I did a few weeks back.
This fence is only about 5-8 feet from a road. Granted, a not heavily used road, but several cars a day go down it, and poor mother robin must have the highest blood-pressure in the whole bird kingdom by now! I've been impressed as she resolutely stays on her nest when I have to use the back yard, I'm often less than 20 feet from her nest.
I've not tried to get too close, hoping to avoid causing trouble, but today I was out with my camera and I had to try. I don't have a good zoom lens, alas, so I ended up getting a bit too close and she flew off. Taking the opportunity I quickly closed in, leaned the camera over the nest just enough to get this shot and then retreated so as to minimize the disturbance. As you can see, one egg has only just hatched, and I expect others will follow. I had seen 4 eggs in the nest, but this angle doesn't show how many are yet to hatch and how many are hatched. I didn't want to stick around long enough to find out, either, so this will have to do.
I sure hope they'll make it, but I'm kind of dreading what she's going to be doing to me once those babies start learning to fly...
Thanks for taking a look, and I'm sure I'll have updates as things progress.
Comments (12)
Faemike55
Very cool capture
Bossie_Boots
Wow superb capture i love the title !!
RodS
You'll be getting dive-bombed, Mike! I guarantee it! When I had a robin nest on my power meter, they got plum upset with my presence after the eggs hatched. Cool capture!
BLACKSTEEL42359
We have a Helium tanker truck at my work and a robin built her nest there and has 2 babies. do not know what will happen when we get a new dropped tanker. She flies off anytime anyone comes near because it is right by an entry gate also.
bmac62
So, that's robin's egg blue...well done.
Mutos2
Hi NefariousDrO, Very nice photographs, I hope the hatchlings'll do it, waiting for the next episode, hoping it'll be birds learning to fly !
bobrgallegos
Awsome photo and story !! Once they hatch she'll over protective.
Ancel_Alexandre
Great shots!
geoffwoods
Birds nest fascinate me how they're built. well done. Geoff.
cryptojoe
This is a great image!
Chipka
I think this robin is a part of a trend! I was moving dental equipment on a particularly bad day and discovered a robin's nest where there really shouldn't have been one, and there were chicks inside. Naturally I photographed them as I was on the other side of a pane of glass. The images weren't great, but I wondered if the robin mother in question was related to your robin. One never knows! I love these shots and the image of mamma bird in the nest. That blue egg is very robin-ish in its intensity. I love blue eggs...naturally blue eggs. Nature is such a marvel! These are great shots. Robins are amusing critters too.
gunsan
Love to follow this, hope you will continue the story! The egg has a wonderful color. Let us follow the kids growing up!