I love seeing the robins getting the nest together :-)
I don't want to disturb them, but I'd like to know when the eggs have
hatched so I can be on the lookout for babies learning to fly. Can I
peer into the nest now and again without frightening the parents away,
or is it important that I leave well enough alone?
Gerard

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I love seeing the robins getting the nest together :-)
I don't want to disturb them, but I'd like to know when the eggs
have
hatched so I can be on the lookout for babies learning to fly. Can
I
peer into the nest now and again without frightening the parents
away,
or is it important that I leave well enough alone?
Gerard


Gerard,

Leave well alone or you will put off the mother. Your interference
could make her leave the nest completely. You will soon know when
there are babies as the parents will be constantly backwards and
forwards with food, and nest cleaning. The joy will be when they are
fledged and you can watch their first attempts at flying. Not for a
while yet.

Iris McCanna

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Leave well alone or you will put off the mother. Your interference
could make her leave the nest completely. You will soon know when
there are babies as the parents will be constantly backwards and
forwards with food, and nest cleaning. The joy will be when they are
fledged and you can watch their first attempts at flying. Not for a
while yet.

The robins here are still sorting their territories out. No obvious
signs of nesting yet. For the last couple of days we've seen as many as
seven robins on the lawn, all at the same time, and watched the
occasional fight. I'd heard that robins can be vicious, but it really
has to be seen to be believed. Is there any way of telling the
difference between male and female robin? Is it only the males who
fight?

We've spotted one tiny birds nest perched all on its own on the tiniest
twigs way out on the end of a long branch of a sycamore tree, about 40
feet up in the air. I'm waiting to see if previous occupants come back
this year as I'm curious to find out who they are.

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You will soon know when
there are babies as the parents will be constantly backwards and
forwards with food, and nest cleaning.

Not to mention all the excited squeaking as the parents approach with a
nice juicy worm!!!

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It's up to you, of course, but if you steer clear of the nest, you reduce
the chances of scaring the parents away from it,

In actual fact it takes a lot to scare off the parents once the eggs are
laid. A pair of robins used a shelf in our garage for years. There was
no way we could not go into the garage and right past the nest. They
reared several broods despite the fact that we started up cars,
extracted lawn mowers, plastic bags, garden tools within a few feet from
their heads!! The secret seems to be not to look at them. They know when
your eyes are directed at them and you can see them become agitated if
you don't look away again pretty quickly!!

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It's up to you, of course, but if you steer clear of the nest, you reduce
the chances of scaring the parents away from it,

In actual fact it takes a lot to scare off the parents once the eggs are
laid. A pair of robins used a shelf in our garage for years. There was
no way we could not go into the garage and right past the nest. They
reared several broods despite the fact that we started up cars,
extracted lawn mowers, plastic bags, garden tools within a few feet from
their heads!! The secret seems to be not to look at them. They know when
your eyes are directed at them and you can see them become agitated if
you don't look away again pretty quickly!!
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.

Well -
If they came back to my greenhouse, where they had their nest for many
years, I sure would welcome them and leave them alone as much as
possible.
But a few years ago, a common housecat came and destroyed the nest and
(I heard) brought a robin home to show to its owner.
I never saw a robin again in the greenhouse.
So, IMHO, above all - see that no cat can get close to the nest.
Regards,
Roger.


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A robin in my garden hops around with me when I'm digging, only a foot away
from me, grabbing the insects that I disturb. It's amazing how the robin
seems to be so unafraid at being so close.




wrote in message
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I love seeing the robins getting the nest together :-)
I don't want to disturb them, but I'd like to know when the eggs have
hatched so I can be on the lookout for babies learning to fly. Can I
peer into the nest now and again without frightening the parents away,
or is it important that I leave well enough alone?
Gerard