Hello friends and Happy Spring!
One of my many favourite things about Spring is watching Robin play in my garden and hop-hop-hop through the grass.
Sometimes I like to talk to Robin when he visits my garden in the early morning and late afternoon. I whistle to him, "Cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up." Click here to listen to my friend Robin!
I have learned a lot from watching and talking to Robin!
I have learned:
Mr. Robin is brighter in colour than Mrs. Robin and has a reddish orange chest, with a grey body, dark tail feather and a white bottom.
Mrs. Robin builds her nest in trees, bushes and hedges and even on houses. Her nest is bowl-shaped and is about 6 inches across. The inside of her nest is about 4 inches in diametre, which is big enough to hold 2-4 eggs.
Mrs. Robin builds her nest 5-25 feet above the ground and is usually protected from rain and predators.
Once Mrs. Robin lays her eggs, they take 11-14 days to hatch.
Mrs. Robin sits on the nest to incubate the eggs.
The eggs hatch within a day or two of each other.
Watch the video below to see Mrs. Robin patiently and attentively raise 4 baby robins over 4 weeks, with help from Mr. Robin!