{"id":1805,"date":"2014-05-29T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/heavenlycreatures\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2014-05-29T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T00:28:10","slug":"mrs-robin-and-her-babies-the-final-chapter-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/heavenlycreatures\/2014\/05\/mrs-robin-and-her-babies-the-final-chapter-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Robin and her babies: the final chapter, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Three robin babies, getting ready to leave the nest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

It was just this morning that I noticed a lot of activity in the robin\u2019s nest and decided to set up the tripod to get some video of the fledglings. In Part One,<\/a> you saw how active the babies had become, and watched one leave the nest \u2013 possibly by accident.<\/p>\n

PART TWO:<\/strong> If it was an accident, it was a happy accident, because he not only left the nest again and again, he brought his siblings with him. What I found really interesting was the difference in reaction to the mother robin when she returned to the nest. Until now, it had been a frenzy of \u201cFeed me! feed me!\u201d. But after all three birds get a taste of life on the ledge,\u00a0two are\u00a0less interested in running to mama \u2013 and one of those two almost\u00a0completely ignores her return.<\/p>\n