Baby Robins!
By Corey • May 17, 2007 • 13 commentsThe robin that I blogged about earlier this week is now a proud parent! Either three or four eggs hatched and mom and dad are busy feeding the hungry nestlings.
A quick stop lunchtime today revealed mom incubating the baby robins, keeping them warm on such a chilly day:
After only two or three minutes she flew off. A couple minutes later either she or the dad (both have rather dark heads) returned and fed two of the nestlings.
It was a joy to watch and I’ll be returning next week with my macro lens, hoping to get better pictures. In the meantime, here’s one more shot of a proud parent (taken through thte window and screen, like all the picture in this post):
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Great find. Look forward to ongoing photos of the proud parents and babies!
So glad to hear about your robins becoming parents! YEAH!
You seem to have the nack for getting close-up pictures.-Nicely done!
i found a baby robin in my yard that the parents have left for one reason or another,i left it alone for a couple of days,and just watch it,no return of the parents so i brought it in the house and started feeding it night crawlers its up to a dozen night crawlers aday,and thinks iam its mom,its doing verywell on its diet of worms and starting to fly,the question is should i release it back to its enviorment?or continue to feed it.
@Andy: I would do a google search for wildlife rehabbers near your location and ask them…if you can’t find one, make sure the robin has the ability to pick up food and eat it without your help (maybe by half-burying a worm and seeing if it pulls it out?). If the bird can feed itself and fly it should be okay.
It’s good that you watched for the return of the parents, but I have a feeling that they might have been sneaking in and feeding the young bird when your back was turned as I imagine an unfed baby bird would probably have died pretty quickly.
For the record, it is usually advisable to leave young birds where they are unless they are in imminent danger (in the road, being stalked by a cat). If they are very small and haven’t developed feathers yet it is advisable to try to return them to the nest if you can find it.
But good going and I bet that your experience has been wonderful!
we did watch the bird for two days straight,and left the bird where it had fallen from its nest for those two days,on the thrid day i put the bird back in its nest,it fell out again,so we brought it in and started feeding crawlers to it its up to about a dozen a day now and can fly real good,but the only direction it flys to is us or are golden retriver which it seems to like chaseing around the house,we tried playing hide the worm but it only wants to be hand feed,i read online that robins like fruit but i didnt discover which kind of fruit,i know the rules about leaving animals and birds alone so that their parents could come back and take care of them but this just wasnt the case this time,now if i can only ween it,that would be great iam speading five dollors every two days,but its sure thriving,thinks for the info sure will try more to ween it, its been a good experince but its not been my frist of takeing care of birds an animals,when i found the bird it almost lost all of its down but could not fly,so i would put the bird age around six weeks or so
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I love all animals and I watch 41 nests on may 16 it was a cold day and 2 baby robins fell out of there nest I watched them it was drizzling and they were wet and scared my dad did not want me to bring them in the mom and dad robin were mad I can speak dove and pigeon but I cant speak robin what should I do we could not get them back into the nest.
My children found 2 baby birds yesterday and they barely have feathers or fur. I believe they are robins, my qustion is how often do I feed and water them, I went and bought some worms and they seem to be comfortable as long as I feed them at least every hour or so and i also give them water. I plan on taking care of them until they are ready to go back to the out doors. When they start learning how to fly should i take them outside or train them inside? Also since I am their mother now will they survive the outdoors when they become older? Thank You
My friend and I found (what we think is a robin) egg on the ground by a tree. We took it in the house and made like a home made incubater(Tuperware contaner-napkinz-heating pad). The very next morning (w/ the incubater on low) the egg hatched! Now we have a small newborn baby (what we think it is) Robin. We now have to feed it every 10 or so mins( if it will eat). We found earth worms today and last night. So we are chopping them up putting them in water then taking them out with tweezers, whistling until it opens up his mouth, and he takes it and eats it! Hopefully “Robin” will be healthy enough for us to release him back to his natural environment.
I have a robin’s nest in my tree in my yard, this morning one ob the baby’s fell out…they have feathers. They are about 10 days old, should I leave the baby alone or but it back in the nest, If I should but it back in the nest should I but gloves on so my scent won’t be on the baby…I don’t want the mother to kill it. Thanks in advance for the info……Cathy
@Cathy: Put is back in the nest…and don’t worry about gloves, the parents will not reject their young.
I just checked the spot where it was and its gone…there were 2 eggs that hatched…..I checked the nest and the second is gone too…is it possible they were ready to leave the nest.
A baby robin fell out of his nest (at work) so I brought him home. I have been feeding him now for about 6 weeks, he is doing really well. He comes and goes as he pleases, but always comes to my special whistle and is always hungry. I have been feeding him meal worms, baby food, and occassionally dried cranberries. All of which he loves. I have noticed that he has something wrong with one of his feet. It appears to be swollen or tumor like in appearance around the toes, and also seems to bother him. He tucks it up under his breast while he sits and gets feed. Any idea what this might be?
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