Out in the Garden

The Robin's Nest is Peachy

It has been a while since I last posted but that doesn't mean that nothing has been going on out in the garden! I have recorded much progress out there and will be posting regularly again. My daughter wanted me to show this to you first.

A Robin has made a nest and laid eggs in our peach tree (she laid a third egg after this picture was taken). My daughters are very excited and watch the momma bird with binoculars. The problem is that I was in the process of staking my fruit trees because they are leaning a bit. Guess I'll have to wait at least a few more weeks to straighten this tree.

I did manage to straighten an apple tree that is next to this peach. I didn't even see the birds nest. Children are much better at noticing such things. The nest is low - right at their eye level. It has a nice foundation of eight or nine half-size peaches.

Since the nest is so low and wide open, we are a bit worried about predators. My daughter is praying for those baby birds, but it may take a miracle to keep a hawk or something from spotting them. Is there anything that we can do to help their fate? From researching Robins we think the eggs should hatch around June 24th or so. We'll keep you posted on how they are doing.

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05:01, Thursday, June 15, 2006 .. Posted by KSC

My father used to hang old aluminum pie plates in the fruit trees to protect them from the birds. I guess they don't like them.

Good Idea

09:36, Friday, June 16, 2006 .. Posted by naturehouse

The pie pan idea is a good one, but I wonder if that would upset the mother robin. The eggs are still there, and the mother stays with them more now.