Mrs. Robin is back....it must be Spring !

Last Spring our front porch became a bird nursery.....Mrs. Robin spent a week preparing her nest on top of our porch light, wedged in between the light and the house. She then started a family.....we watched and waited checking the progress daily from a safe distance ..... then the little guys hatched, excitement ( we are city people) ...just like proud relatives, we checked their progress daily....

the little Robin chicks , got big and fat , and finally they flew off to start their life ,here in rural PA.......My husband then removed the nest and pitched it into the woods , and cleaned up...a little messy...low and behold... a day later the nest was back in place and She was nestled in and starting a second batch of eggs...no wonder there are so many Robins in the area, they have no family planning group to advise.......the second family hatched and when good and plump....left the nest for the last time...and started their own lives.......after a long period of seeing no activity, , my husband again removed the nest and cleaned the area.....

Fall...Winter...and NOW....... Mrs. Robin or her twin sister has returned making another nest in the same spot, and as you can see, see is expecting four little chicks( or whatever they call baby robins)...

My husband had to wait till she was off this morning having breakfast, and snapped this picture....I guess that the spot on the porch is now earmarked as Mrs. Robins hood!.....she does not like us coming out the front door, so we respect this and will use the back door until she has finished her family responsibilities....and not mess with her nest till the onset of Fall.........

with all the woods and rural landscape, funny how she has decided that this is a safe place to have a family.... of course we have no cats....the dogs could care less...now if she was a wild Turkey that would be a whole different story....

I personally think her eggs are a great color...isn't nature amazing....