Robin McNuggets

We noticed an American Robin building her nest in early spring. She chose a bush next to our compost pile. This wasn't too bad a location, however, every time I was in the area she would get nervous, fly off the nest and carry on until I left.

We kept a close eye on the nest and one day noticed three little heads popping up looking for something to eat. The picture shows one of these little guys. Emilie was SO excited and checked in on them often.

When we checked on them the other day there was no one home;the nest was empty. They were far to young to have left on there own. Something was wrong! Sadly, we noticed pieces of these little guys scattered beneath and around the bush. Apparently something got into the nest, removed these little "robin mcnuggets" and ate them or ate parts of them and left other parts... I'm not sure what critter would have done this -any idea?!

Sunday, May 21, 2006 posting - American Robin (Turdus migratorius)