Almost Ready!

I came home this afternoon to find Bonnie on the front deck watching the birds. Mom and Dad Robin have become used to us and go about feeding their family whether we're there or not.

They've been working hard and the babies have really grown. Below is a shot of one of the babies I took today. It's almost as big as the parents.

One of the babies, I think it might be the one pictured, took off from the nest and flew about 2 feet to another branch in the tree while we were watching. Then it appeared that it became frightened now that it was out of the nest and didn't know what to do next. It just sat there for about 15 to 20 minutes, hardly moving.

The other babies sat very quietly in the nest as though they were thinking, "Oh, man, is he in for it! We'd better be extra good so we don't get the over spray."

Meanwhile, mom and dad kept bringing in the food and ignoring the missing baby, until finally he worked up the nerve and flew back to the nest.

Now, perching on the edge of the nest, he appeared to be telling his siblings about his adventures and telling them that they're "chickens" not ROBINS.