Bird's Nest

Well, our little baby robins have finally flown the coop.  It was a fun process for the kids to watch, although I would have preferred them build their nest a little farther away from our front door :)  It was magical to see their blue little eggs, exciting when we heard their first little chirps, fun to see how both the mommy robin & the daddy robin would search for worms for the birds all day long & kind-of sad when they started venturing off on their own at only 2 weeks old!  But their nest was getting pretty stinky, so it was probably a good think for us both.  Skyler was the lucky one who first spotted them trying to fly off.  I saw one little bird trying to just make a run for it, with his mother following him the whole way with a little worm in her mouth for him.  You could tell that he was ready to be on his own, because not even a worm was exciting enough for him to come back for.  When Skyler saw a dead baby bird on our neighbor's sidewalk a few days later, the kids all started praying that the birds would be safe.  Those bird's probably needed their prayers because we've got lots of cats around our house.  I sure hope they made it!  But what a fun process to watch!

One of the most exciting days was when the Mommy bird flew in our house one day when the front door was open.  It practically scared me to death when I walked into the family room to find a bird flying around frantically, pooping all over the place!  But luckily Laron was home to take charge of the situation & calmly suggest opening the window & taking out the screen so she could fly back out.  Exciting times!