Robbie

Robbie has become a friend of ours.  Sadly last year when we cut the tree down we're pretty sure we cut down her nest as well, as she came back to visit often.  We were pretty happy to see her again this spring and then super excited when she chose our gutter (right outside our back door) to put her nest.  I think Phil and I delighted in them more than the kids!

Here it took her about 3 days to build her nest.  

Here she sits.   (see the blue ribbon she used for her nest)

1 egg.. eventually turned to 4 eggs

4 naked babies

here they have a little hair/feathers but big mouths to feed!

Phil and I would read on the internet about 

robins and actually learned a lot about birds.

 We did not video tape them but we could 

hear them callin' they're mommy.

 They are all gone now and the nest is abandoned.  Of course, they left the weekend we had vacation so we were not able to watch them fly away for the first and last time.  They were simply gone when we returned.

What a simple but wonderful gift from God!