Robin red-breast nesting progress

Wood duck has hatched and fled; Phoebe's have fledged 5, but laid 4 more eggs in the same nest. A robin decided to join her in the shed.

The robins are on their second nesting. This is their story, starting with the most recent sighting.

July 3

After I spooked the last one out of the nest, accidentally, they are hanging around. I walked down the hill, and here she was, trying to lead me away. I could not, for the life of me, find the fledgling in the tree above, although I could hear it!

momma robin from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

July 2 – Last one, and they are all gone!

June 26 – 4 babies

June 20 – hatched

Baby robin from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

June 12th – still 4 eggs!

June 7th – Four eggs

June 6th – three eggs

June 5th – Another egg, back in the shed location

June 4th – first egg

Sadly, when I checked later, it had't come back and the egg was cold. We saw them thinking about building a nest in the tree in front of the window. 

I took this with the snakescope.

robin's egg from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

June 2

It's tricky to photograph, as the shed is pretty dark. 

 

June 1st – Progress

The shed is a busy place. I'm keeping up with the phoebe incubation process. She's still there. I was distracted by the dead grass hanging down.

 

Then there is the deck. I was working out one day, in the basement, and I could see a robin. It was up in the rafter, here, and kind of stamping its feet, almost testing out the beam. It disappeared, then, a few days later it was apparently trying out all of them.
If you look closely, you can see the dead grass in each space!
Sadly, all of these locations will get wet in the rain.