Jun. 15, 2008

Video of 'Fledgling' Leaving the Nest

I finally have confirmation that our last two baby Robins are safe and sound!! I was standing in the kitchen doing some dishes and from the other side of the room I could hear the last baby Robin just a peeping away in its nest so I thought I'd have a peek and see what was up. Well the photo above is exactly what I found. Our last baby was getting ready to leave its cozy little nest and jump into the world around it :) There it stood with the wind blowing it's little fuzzy tufts of baby fuzz and swinging with the plant hanger.

Of course I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to catch it's first flight on camera so off I raced to grab the digital camera and quickly put it into movie mode :) I made it back just in time to catch it's very first flight as a fledgling. You can view it above. It's not very long but you can see it take off from the plant hanger before I go racing out the door to find out where it was going *grin* Boy, I just can't mind my own business can I! Actually just before the movie ends you can hear me exclaim 'there it is'. I spotted Mama Robin down at the end of the grass calling to it. Baby flew the whole distance before setting down.


Here it is sitting under the brush by the side of the driveway and Mama was tweeting away to it a little further on, encouraging it to keep moving along.


There it goes.....


It is so cute :) Here it is taking another rest before Mama Robin leads it into the chicken yard. That must be the grove of trees that Daddy Robin is in. We're going to have to do some exploring and see if we can spot them up on one of the branches.

Here's one final video of our Baby Robin before it disappears :) Mama Robin is calling to it and you can tell that she is communicating to it and making sure that it follows her :) So neat!