Noah's take on the Titanic

Noah built his version of the Titanic and we filmed it for cinematic posterity. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew-_jjs1X88&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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4th Baby Bird found!

Update on BAby Bird--he was hippity hopping across the yard, under the hammock. Mama Robin swooped down as soon as we left the yard, and Mama was kind of leading the way, showing Baby a few things. I thought they had hatched only a week ago, but they are about 11 days old. From my research (gotta love Google!), Robins usually leave the nest at about 12-14 days. I guess baby was ready to fly the coop!

Robins...about to leave the nest?

Video of the robins!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TYxgl5DV8o&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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Out of the nest!

We went out to see the birds, and one has been pushed out or has tried to fly--we aren't sure. Since he's at the bottom of the stairs we'd use to see his brethren, I decided to not venture up to see the nest. Since everything we've read says to leave the ousted bird, that's what we are doing. It shouldn't rain today, and the temps should be okay. We know that Mommy and Daddy are near the little guy and we feel that he should be okay if we leave him be.

There are 4!!!!

Photo, day 6!

Robins!

I didn't get to them yesterday--it was cold and windy and I didn't want the Mommy and Daddy to leave the neat because of me--I wanted them to stay and take care of the babies. You can really tell they're getting older--the wings are really getting big. I can usually clearly see 3 beaks most of the time, so I don't know if that just means the nest is small and that's all that can squeeze out at one time, or if the 4th egg never hatched. I haven't seen an egg on the ground--can't see how they'd carry it away from the nest--I would assume just pushing it out? We have found the shells from two of the chicks, though, which Noah thought was really cool. It won't be long until they're ready to leave the nest!