A Robin chose to build her next on the support beam under our back deck. It was not a spring build, rather a late season build - these pictures were taken last night. Perhaps, it was her second clutch, who knows. I'm not a big fan of having birds nest under the deck. They're messy with the nest building materials, they poop on everything, and that's just the adults, and the nest is in a high traffic area. The mother is constantly being spooked of the nest, where she'll fly to the other side of the pool and sit on the fence hollering. Last year I took the nest down along with it's 3-eggs. Fortunately, I set it aside because when Emilie came home and saw what I did there were 4-eggs, so I had to put it back. This year I just left it.
Anyway, when I peaked in last night I was surprised to see just one baby and it's pretty good sized too. I guess it's a lot easier to feed one mouth versus multiple.
Just home Oliver is outside when Emilia takes her first flight, could be devastating...
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