Thanks for your comments, Moose. We have some large boxwoods within 40
ft of the nest. I suspect she herded them to such a spot, and they will
eventually show up.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 5/20/2014 3:20 AM, Moose wrote:
On 5/17/2014 7:09 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
I have been keeping an eye on the development of the baby Robins on
the side of my garage. Thursday, I caught these two of the four
babies visible on top of the nest. The next morning, the nest was
empty, and they haven't been seen since. I assume that Mama Robin
has found a safe haven as they continue their development.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parting+Shot.jpg.html
This is pretty common behavior for nesting birds. Once they leave the
nest, they are still far from self sustaining. As they fly about,
often hardly under control, wherever they land, they start calling,
which is how parent(s) find and keep feeding them while they learn to
fly well and forage for themselves.
I had a live in partner who volunteered at a wild animal rescue
facility. One of their great frustrations was the number of perfectly
healthy young fledges brought in as "fallen from nest" or "abandoned".
She illustrated on vacation, when we came across a tanager apparently
lost/hurt on a road. At her instruction, I got it out of immediate
harm's way, up as high as I could reach in a tree. Then we sat back
and waited at a little distance. Sure enough, as soon as aware of no
danger, the bird called out regularly, and after a while, an adult
came by and fed it. Pretty soon, it flew up higher, still clumsy, but
it got there, and we went on.
Watching the first flights of big birds can scary and hilarious. I
particularly recall some Red Tailed Hawk fledges. One tried landing on
a much too small twig, and ended up hanging upside down.
Full Fledged Moose
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