Update from the nest: the Dingbird has done it again!

[Robb]

A robin has built a nest outside my daughter's window, in the crook of an apple tree:

Wednesday:


Thursday:


TODAY:


:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I tried to get a shot of daddy bird, but he's mostly hanging out on the nearby fence, watching out for whatever he watches out for.... I left a stepstool there the other day, I think she's gotten used to it being there. To try not to disturb her too much, I zip up to take a single picture when she's away on other business -- which is increasingly difficult, as she's almost always there now. :D

I read online that she turns the eggs fairly often while she's sittin' on 'em, which explains why they may not be in exactly the same position every time.

Ah, spring! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How very cool, my dear Robb!

I'm so glad you're documenting this!

Someday, you can show these pics to your daughter, and she'll be amazed that it was going on outside her bedroom window!

I wonder if she'll lay any more?

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Robb]

2. Who, my daughter?

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Hey, don't be so damn literal!

You're supposed to be able to tell what I MEAN!

:rofl: :rofl:

I can't really blame you...:blush:

[Beetwasher]

4. Scrambled Please

:evilgrin:

Cool pics! :thumbsup:

[Demoiselle]

5. What a nice gift that color is!

Why do you suppose the eggs come in that color? Does the fact that they are so pretty encourage mama to sit on them?
Congratulations again, Robb. (And Robin.)

[SteppingRazor]

6. From what I understand, even the experts don't have a real answer to that question.

Birds and reptiles that lay white eggs often cover them or put them in a hole so that they stay out of the sight of predators. Birds that lay eggs on the open ground often have brown or mottled eggs, the better to camouflage them. But blue eggs? Purple eggs? Green eggs? (All of which occur in nature.) No clue.

[Demoiselle]

7. Well then, we must all just be grateful for the pretty. Cheers.

[elleng]

8. REALLY grateful!

:bounce:

[hunter]

9. Maybe so you can tell your eggs from an imposter's eggs?

I'm just guessing.

[Demoiselle]

10. There's a thought. But how well do birds see color, anyway? Anybody know?

[Robb]

11. It looks like they see a little different spectrum than we do

...so it may behoove us to wonder what a robin's-egg blue egg looks like http://www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/research/behaviour/vision/4d.html">in ultraviolet light. :shrug: