I was googling to see how long it takes for robin's eggs to hatch. Answer: about 14 days. And then another 14 days or so to grow their feathers and fly away. I found this amazing site, where a woman posted daily photos of a robin's nest with three eggs outside her window, and took notes as they hatched, and were fed, and grew feathers, and flew off. Very cool pics: check it out here.
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PS: I don't know why this robin's nest outside our living room window has me so excited. It's kinda childlike. But I check it out several times a day. And I keep a keen eye out for those god-damn crows.
PPS: I promise I won't write a poem about it. There are already enough bird nest poems in the world.
5 comments:
Peter,
I had a robin's nest in my tree and I was the same way. I kept peeking out our family room and my husband kept telling me to stop bothering them.
I was completely anxious until all robins had left the nest. I guess in a way I felt as if they were my houseguests or I was their birthing center and I wanted to make sure they had a lovely stay. ;-)
By the way, I had a dream about you and D planting roses. They were gorgeous!
Do keep us posted about the robins. It is fascinating. And thank you for not writing another "little birdie flying past my window" poem. :)
It is NOT childlike. At the risk of sounding sentimental and cliche, I will say that life is an amazing thing, especially when it's a couple of blue eggs in a twig nest! (And I too promise not to write any more bird/nest/fledgling poems!
T: But your bird nest poems are wonderful!
Hi,
I am new on your blog. View some of your posting. I really like this post and your passion make me inspired. The robbins also looks really cute..:)
Cheers,
Pet Treadmills
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