Not exactly Berthold Brecht, but much more exciting! It's Mama Robin, feeding her little brood!
Now this family is a different one from the last one I showed you. The courtyard at work appears to be quite popular with the nesting crowd. I believe we might even have a goldfinch nest! I'm trying not disturb anything, so it's slow going trying to find the nest. I hope I can, though--goldfinch babies must be so cute!
Back to Mama Robin. She saw me come out into the courtyard so she froze, mouth full of food:
I'm guessing that's either a really pink worm, or she's feeding them Twizzlers. You decide.
Here she is, with her little ones agape and awaiting some food:
I wish these were less obstructed by hemlock foliage, but I didn't want to get too close--so I'm on super-high zoom. Still, you can see two little babies and Mama above them.
Hee hee!
4 comments:
Could it be a berry? Do robins eat berries?
Sweet shot anyway.
Love watching the birds during nesting season.
My robins love fruit- berries, grapes, cherries, raisins and even grape jelly. Nice photos!
This season we've had more robins hanging around. In the past few years they're here in early spring. Dcup says our robins freeze too.
KGMom--yes, it could be a berry. But I prefer to think of it as a cherry lifesaver.
Lynne--I should put some berries out there for Mama. Thanks!
Mathman--we've had a lot of robins this year, but not as many blue jays. Weird. We also have some robins who stay here year-round, huddling in the snow.
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