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The spring of 2007 the Lord blessed me with a pair of robins nesting in my hanging spider plant on my front porch. I discovered the nest when I was repotting the plant into a new hanging basket. The nest was partially built. I lifted it out of the plant and set it aside while I repotted the plant. I then placed it back in the plant and rehung the basket. My thought was that due to human tampering the nest would be abandoned and built elsewhere. I was wrong! The pair finished the nest and the next thing I knew the female was sitting. I immediately searched online to determine the length of incubation before hatching. Out came the camera!
The spring of 2007 the Lord blessed me with a pair of robins nesting in my hanging spider plant on my front porch. I discovered the nest when I was repotting the plant into a new hanging basket. The nest was partially built. I lifted it out of the plant and set it aside while I repotted the plant. I then placed it back in the plant and rehung the basket. My thought was that due to human tampering the nest would be abandoned and built elsewhere. I was wrong! The pair finished the nest and the next thing I knew the female was sitting. I immediately searched online to determine the length of incubation before hatching. Out came the camera!
I checked the eggs a couple of days before I thought they would hatch (always approached the nest when parents were not there) no evidence of hatching. Checked the next day and the cracks were there. Thankfully it was a Saturday so I was able to take pictures throughout the day as the babies hatched. I mentioned to my youngest brother about the free loaders in my basket and he suggested purchasing some night crawlers from a bait shop to obtain the feeding photos. I followed through with his suggestion and obtained some great feeding photos.
In 2009 I put some of the pictures together in a flip book for my grandchildren. I had one person at work inquire if I thought of publishing it. I, not knowing how to go about it, just shrugged my shoulders and that was the end of it.
Sooooo.... I have now published "Baby Robins Grow Up." through CreateSpace and KDP. It is a picture book for the 3-5 year old preschool aged children. And it introduces them to the life cycle of a bird.
Sooooo.... I have now published "Baby Robins Grow Up." through CreateSpace and KDP. It is a picture book for the 3-5 year old preschool aged children. And it introduces them to the life cycle of a bird.
"Baby Robins Grow Up" depict the growth from hatching until flight from the nest.
It was amazing to see the parents divide the worms into equal pieces.
Children and adults alike enjoy looking at the pictures.
These pictures are in addition to what is in the book.
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