After much disturbing of the poor robins, I have taken off the paneling over the window and have a lovely view of the nest. It is at a rather awkward angle for the camera, but I can still get some shots.
I have a pillowcase suspended from the ceiling about 8 inches from the window, so that our household activities do not disturb the birds. The mother robin would not come near the nest while I was up close with the camera, even though I stayed perfectly still. However, when I sat on the stairs about 6 feet away, she did not notice me and came and fed her hungry brood.
Based on previous pictures, I was not sure if there were two or three, but today's pictures and sighting of hungry mouths has shown that there are three.
I am not sure exactly when they hatched, but the
Robin Blog guy says they open their eyes on the sixth day, so they are not yet six days old as their eyes are firmly shut.
New robin pictures!
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Heather Daley on
May 26, 2005, 3:55 pm
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I first saw the eggs on May 7, which would mean hatching by May 21. I first saw the babies May 25 and today is the 26th. So they are at least 6 days old, but probably not much more than that. So I estimate that they will fly by June 5.
I'm going to try to figure a better way to open the paneling. There is a small portion that I'd like to open so that I can close the larger one I took off today. I think that it will be better for all involved - a closer view of the nest, and less inside activity viewing for them. Unfortunately, I think the placement of the paneling will make it hard to take that piece off. We will see.