Found an overturned nest next to my driveway. Inside a 5-6 day old hatchling. Put him back in some high bushes but the parents never made it back. He is now 12 days - eating a mix of moistened puppy chow with egg yolk, Gerber baby formula, berries and banana. Tomorrow he has to start learning to pick worms off the ground. Then a sad goodbye. :)
Aw they are so scrawny and vulnerable at the start. Then they thicken up and grow their beautiful wings and feathers. It’s beautiful seeing their change
I had to bury a baby robin today. He fell from the nest and died instantly. It really crushed me. I buried him with a pretty stone under a fruit tree. Watching this video helped me visualize him growing up, getting all his feathers and leaving the nest the way it should have happened. Thank you.
We had a very windy, bad storm yesterday and last night. I was talking with my neighbor and happened to see a strange thing in the ground...a baby robin bird and it’s sibling. It was alive, the other one already had ants on it as it was gone. I picked it up and took it home and called my brother in law who raised one like these. He said use dry cat food with water that makes a good mush. It gives them the exact nutrients they need...per others online. Every two hours they have to be fed and backend cleaned. He/she is hanging in there. Then as I was tending to it in the e front porch my daughters Bassett hound, Ramona was barking at something. Another baby robin that was thrown out of its best, but probably a week older. I’m keeping them both fed on time so far. Wow...never had this experience!
I found one hatchling by the tree at the park. It had been knocked down from the nest including all its siblings, all of whom died from ant bites. I got the living one in the house and fed it. It still had some ant bites, but recovered quickly. I ended up driving over 30 miles to a wildlife rehab center to drop it off. I am a grown man, but felt like crying once I parted ways, and it was just two nights. I still miss the little guy. I hope he heals fine and has a productive and happy life.
Well, three years have gone by since your comment and mine. Like you, I woke up this morning @ 6:30 am EDT and the babies had all flown the coop! I rather thought last night I might not be seeing them today; but hoped I might get one last glimpse. I believe they were all about 23 to 27 days old. When I first started watching the nest, Mama bird was clearly hatching the eggs. It was easy to see they had hatched on different days. A week ago they ranged from pink with brown splotches to a light tan to dark brown. I went out last night and Mama let me watch her foraging for food and feeding them. A bush under the nest, which was on top of my patio light, had ripe red berries which she enjoyed and was feeding her babies. To the cameraman who took these videos: I am grateful (as was the person to whom I am actually writing) to see what occurs when they are figuring out how to leave the nest. My last glimpse was last night. They were sleeping earlier in the evening; by 9ish EDT, Two were awake, peering out of the nest. I couldn't help but wonder if the siblings were pondering their first flight for morning! What an amazing experience the last month has been for this human! Thanks again for your videography and helping me close their and my "robin birth and development" chapter! I would love to find and watch more of your work!
The last of my brood left the nest yesterday morning. Mama built her best in the corner of the windowsill outside my Guest Bedroom, so we have been able to watch, and I took live stills with my phone, of each stage. I even placed a few tasty worms and grubs up on the sill, which she feed to her brood of 4. She laid her eggs over 2 days, and #1 fledged on Wednesday and the other 3 yesterday. I was lucky - I had gone in to check, and carefully tucked my phone under the blind to get the photo. 20 minutes later they were out of the nest - never to return. We have a cedar hedge just under and to the side of their nest, so they are all in there. We can hear them when Mom comes with food. It's incredible how quickly the go from egg to fledgling. Nice distraction from Covid-19. 👍🐣💜🐦
We just had a nest of robins on our porch, nice and low where we could look into it. 4 hatched, 4 grew, and 4 just flew off a couple days ago. What a great blessing to watch them grow every day. So cute ;o)
This is SO wonderful! I’ve been watching a robin’s nest in a tree in our yard, but it’s up about 10 feet, in the shade and hard to see. Knowing that robins and most birds fledge when they are fully grown, I wondered how the family could all fit in such a small nest. Now I know. Amazing! Thank you!
I find it so adorable how they all pop up like that when mom comes home! I have three (originally four, one baby fell out early this morning, I believe ;-;) babies, I've been watching them every couple hours to see how it's going and good lord, they are _loud!_
The Mama Robin will continue to feed her babies once they leave the nest. You will see them in the yard doing a little wing fluttering dance...and you will see the Mama feed them! I love watching them! Also...if, on a warm day, you have your hose on misting..or a sprinkler..the robins will shower in it! Its fun watching them. Thank you for sharing your babies with us! 🐦
For some reason I think it's very satisfying seeing the parents come with a full beak of bugs for the babies! It makes me feel like they were able to get a nice meal!
This was fun to watch. Thank you. I just had 3 baby robins leave their nest last night into today. I get nests every year and love to watch them grow. I only spotted them last week, they had been keeping a low profile until then.
Great job Sophie!!! I’m watching the same magic happen right now in my deck rafters. They have been my favorite birds since I was Sophie’s age and I just turned 70. At least some perfect things never change. Thanks.
We have a nest of four baby robins under our porch and check them everyday (from a distance). We watch mom bring them food and are very interested to see when they will fly. Fun! Thanks for the great video.
We have a robins nest in a tree right outside our living room window. Four baby robins they started hatching 5/30. The female and male robins have been feeding them all day every day. The baby's look so weak when they are getting fed they can only hold their heads up for so long. Appreciated this video thanks.
This is the most sweet video I saw about Robins! Thanks a lot for sharing this so that we know what we can expect for next with the Mama Robin and her blue eggs. She came to our house around end of April and built her nest at the top flat corner of our front door. We try to go out from our garage since then... I read thru a lot of comments also, so happy to know so many people has Robins as their friends built nest around human being. I guess after the babies flew away, we will still leave the nest for her so that maybe next year she can coming back
Thanks for sharing Beth. And your daughter is so cute. I know this was a long time ago. I have been watching my nest all day because I don’t have a camera. I have four
The mom and dad actually keep feeding the babies for another week after they fly from the nest. They spend a week on the ground growing and gaining more strength to be able to fly. Mom and dad are able to find them all and feed them during that time because they stay in the same vicinity.
Saved a fledgling from a cat the other morning..in a temp nest box by itself but parents are still flying in to feed it. Will give it another 24 hours or so and see if it is ready to fly rather than walk and hop. Plenty of cats around here.
Thank you, that was the info I was looking for! We have chicks and cats! We noticed the Robins getting loud and then realized we had chicks walking around. We thought we had to rescue them but now I understand better. One is in the field next to us so a little safer, another is in our back yard. If the chick jumps down again, we'll put it out in the field. I was worried but now I see mom and dad will find them and feed them!
@@seaton91pix I ended up making a temporary nest box as the poor little thing was just not ready to fly. The parents carried on feeding and 3 mornings later he took off. It does wrestle with your conscience as what to do for the best but the most important thing is,that you actually care..kudos to you.
@@jerrydelaney6971 We're watching ... they're not typically ready to fly. They stay on the ground for a few days if not longer. I didn't know either. Now I understand ... mom and dad stand on the wall with food and call for them. They find them. We finally got to see that last night. I was so worried because one of them was on the other side of the fence. It's doing well, getting stronger, up on another fence!
I’ve been coming home every night to watch the nest outside my living room window. Who knew it would be so entertaining. I know they’re gonna leave then what am I gonna do?
We had a female take a liking to a ceiling fan in our yard, she built her nest and her and her mate (I think) fed the hatchlings and we watched them grow . Today, they left the nest. It was pretty cool to pass the time watching the process.
i had 3 hatch in my shed the nest is just about chest level. I give the mother Robin a dozen worms twice a day in a bowl outside my shed door. They come to me for food when i go out and they let me visit the nest! The babies are ugly little suckers but i enjoy having them there. Really enjoyable to watch them. Thanks for sharing with us!
This is pretty amazing. A few robins were flying around my yard today and when i saw them this evening I did a walk around the property and see they were building a nest in a vine I have growing along my fence :) Excited to watch (from a distance) this little bird family grow
WE HAVE A NEST ON THE RAFTERS UNDER OUR TOP DECK. So we can look through the deck spaces down into the nest. Your video with Sophie was amazing, thank you. I just learned what the momma does with the eggs after they hatch, she discards them. This morning I found a hatched egg that had been discarded. I was searching this morning how momma discards the shells and is how I found your video. So great!! thank you
I had to come in so this makes me feel better to see happy robin babies being fed by their mother and father. I was traumatized after seeing a disturbing video about some baby bird being bird-napped so I had to watch this to make me feel better. I love your beautiful Robin family! Thank you!❤
We"ve been hearing that sound every few seconds Robin #4 was making in our back tree, and saw the Robins flying with food constantly, found the young robin this morning with the camera. Thanks for sharing, very nice video.
Lovely video and great camera angles. I loved the bit where the chicks were all asleep and then in a split second woke up when they scented a worm. Chick number 4 seemed to have a constantly open beak at the end.
Thank you for showing this. I have baby Robbins it just text a few days ago up above my patio. I can certainly hear them but I can only see mama bird feeding them. I think they are about five days old. It’s very exciting As for the last bird to fly away from your video I do believe this was the little bird that didn’t get as much food in the beginning because he was up towards the front of the nest and his siblings stood up taller than he did from what I could notice. Possibly this is why he stayed behind for more feedings. Great video again thank you 😊
They hopping is how robins encourage worms to come closer to surface. The hopping simulates the tapping of rain which drives worms crazy so they come up to surface to get away from it. That's why you always see worms coiled up under awnings so they don't have the rain constantly tapping on their "roof."
Thank you for posting. I have baby robbins on my back porch and was curious on their progression. This is my first time experiencing this. What a lovely experience for your daughter, she is really cute.
We have an old nest right above our front door. Robins have been using it for 7 years. Usually get 2 broods (mid April, late June). I've never closely observed them for fear of scaring them away, so I enjoyed being able to watch your video!
Hi Alien, do you know if the same Robin Mama coming back the next year? I have one nest with Mama Robin now, she has 3 eggs, I read that after the baby Robin fly away, the Robin couple will take care of their kids around. Just wondering what's going on with the old nest...
@@sherrywang4152 To be honest I don't know if it's the same mother every year. I like to imagine it's the same family using the same nest across generations, though! Currently the nest is unoccupied, though I've seen a few pigeons walking around.
What is absolutely insane is that this exact same scenario occurred on an old deck fan we have out back. Exactly as shown in here. 3 chicks, one mother. We watched them fly and walk around the fan. They all successfully flew off with their mother I believe 5 days ago. Mother helped lead them off with some worms.
There was one baby bird that frequently didn't get food (at least not from when you recorded) which I assume was the last bird who didn't grow fast enough as the others. One baby bird was fed more than the others too, which I assume was the first one to fly off because of the quicker development thanks to the nutrients.
Awww how sweet 🥰 Thanks for sharing. I love how the last one jumps out of the nest then jumps back in after a few moments and the realisation what had just happened hehe @ 8:30secs Lol 😂 Bless so cute.
I was cleaning my window when the last robin was about to fly and I startled it and flew away. The adult robins seemed angry and one flew towards me. Will the momma abandon that last one? I also put out pieces of apple for them. Is this ok? Might you know?
@@evemiranda3474 They weren't prepared to see it off just yet. They seem to call the little ones on overcast days to reduce the threats of hawks and crows. They have to make it tp some other cover as they can't fly too long or far. They parents guide them along, along with parents of other ones if threatened. They work as a team to push the risky bird off and they're quite aggressive. You really don't want to feed them, as they need to break from that location qiickly. Parents will help them out as long as you stay away... I just had 4 little ones, under my rear upper deck, there every year, left Weds the 2nd. I try to watch out for them as my pool is next to the deck. I was awake 7am, but three tried to leave before that. A crow or hawk got one right on my deck, feathers were there with more. I think the other two got away for then anyway. Last one left in tbe afternoon. I was home, heard parents trying to drive something off. It was a crow in mearby woods, it didn't look to have got it, I clapped to scare it off. I could here the baby bird chirp before it left. I saw one in front after or two or three.long road ahead for them.
Thanks for the video! Gives me an idea what to expect as I have nesting robins at my house. I am delaying a repair until they fly away into the sunset. The energy of your daughter is wonderful to see. I wish kids could always remain kids, but unfortunately they too grow and fly away. Cherish these moments!
I have some nesting In bushes off my back porch. I pray no neighborhood cats are around when they take off. Don’t have a lot but we’ve got a few. I had one coming to my feeders and finally he got the message he wasn’t wanted here. 👍🏼♥️
Enjoyed all of this and thank you DAD and little girl you are fantastic for us who could never see such magic and wonder of the wild life.. God BLess and I hope you all do more.. THANK YOU >>
I have recently become a steadfast fan of red robins when I had a very amazing interaction with one this spent about 20 minutes hanging out with me and letting me pet it. All this came after it conked itself on a window and I wrapped it up and took it out into the sun to warm up a little and was really gentle with it and it decided to like hang out with me and on me. I will forever have a fondness for this particular breed of bird after this.
What a wonderful job you did! I loved it when the last robin left and your wife sounded so joyful. I really felt for that last robin! Hey, it's a scary world out there. I was the last kid to leave the nest too, so I can relate, lol. :)
Mom and Dad will actually still feed them after they leave the nest. They'll teach them to find their own food, then they'll cut them off. So they've probably got a couple more days of free worms. After that, they'll be able to feed themselves. They still want to be fed after they can feed themselves, so the parents have to cut them off to get them to actually do it for themselves. It's amazing how fast they develop. I've helped a couple baby robins that fell out of the nest too soon, but only had to do so for a few days before they were able were able to fly (their parents were still around to help them, but it was only for about two days after they could fly).
I'm filming the same thing from the blue eggs being discovered about a week ago to these little chirpers standing up tall with their mouths open... and now they have feathers/wings in just a week... growing fast! I missed them hatching, so I guess they did it overnight and the parent(s) flew the shell pieces away to clean up. I hope to catch them at least being taught to fly out of the nest.
Loved your video, I have a best in my front yard, watched the mother make her nest.. love watching birds, we also had bluebirds in our back yard... I have lots of different types and feeders, they are such a peaceful animal 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for the awesome video - great footage. Our two baby robins left the nest this morning. It happened so quick and I didn't see them fly out of the nest. I didn't expect their leaving... But I am happy for them. Thank you again!!!
Many thanks for the Post Ben and Sophie, we are missing our 3 chicks,we believe they may have gone earlier today, so it’s around the same time as yours. They nested in an old metal Bucket ,we had on a shelf in the garden. Take care ,keep safe
Incredibly interesting. Thank you for taking the time to do this. 👍. I thought they all left at the same time and that mom was around to encourage them and show them how. I learned something.
Luke Smith, So yesterday my daughter friends found a baby Robin on the ground. they left it for about an hour and came back. It was still there. I found out today ( this evening)so I told them to research" how to raise a baby Robin" the kids decided to give me the bird . it's a " fledgling"( sp?) I put it in a shoe box w a paper towel nest, w a heating pad on l will a thick towel in-between. but now that I know, I can school the children to leave the flegling alone because Mom n dad are watching n feeding it. to leave it be as long as it is in a safe area. 👍it's eating from my fingers. canned cat food( fancy feast chicken hearts and liver) and whole wheat bread balls ( moisten in water) tomorrow I am going to try and find baby bird food fr a pet store. God bless all the good folks out there who's willing to help when these little babies are in danger thanks
Luke Smith, it is not a" hopper".the poor little bird can hardly sit up straight without falling over. so maybe the children did the right thing after all.
Found an overturned nest next to my driveway.
Inside a 5-6 day old hatchling. Put him back in some high bushes but the parents never made it back.
He is now 12 days - eating a mix of moistened puppy chow with egg yolk, Gerber baby formula, berries and banana.
Tomorrow he has to start learning to pick worms off the ground. Then a sad goodbye. :)
Aw they are so scrawny and vulnerable at the start. Then they thicken up and grow their beautiful wings and feathers. It’s beautiful seeing their change
I love how the last baby bird had its mouth open while hopping around like OMG LOOK AT THIS WORLD :0
I had to bury a baby robin today. He fell from the nest and died instantly. It really crushed me. I buried him with a pretty stone under a fruit tree. Watching this video helped me visualize him growing up, getting all his feathers and leaving the nest the way it should have happened. Thank you.
We had a very windy, bad storm yesterday and last night. I was talking with my neighbor and happened to see a strange thing in the ground...a baby robin bird and it’s sibling. It was alive, the other one already had ants on it as it was gone. I picked it up and took it home and called my brother in law who raised one like these. He said use dry cat food with water that makes a good mush. It gives them the exact nutrients they need...per others online. Every two hours they have to be fed and backend cleaned. He/she is hanging in there.
Then as I was tending to it in the e front porch my daughters Bassett hound, Ramona was barking at something. Another baby robin that was thrown out of its best, but probably a week older. I’m keeping them both fed on time so far. Wow...never had this experience!
That was a very thoughtful thing you did for Lil Robbie, thank you💜
I found one hatchling by the tree at the park. It had been knocked down from the nest including all its siblings, all of whom died from ant bites. I got the living one in the house and fed it. It still had some ant bites, but recovered quickly. I ended up driving over 30 miles to a wildlife rehab center to drop it off. I am a grown man, but felt like crying once I parted ways, and it was just two nights. I still miss the little guy. I hope he heals fine and has a productive and happy life.
My those chicks grew up so fast. Any idea how many days from hatching to the first flight?
The family of robins near my window flew away before I woke up this morning. Your video makes me feel better because I was so sad I missed it 😭
Well, three years have gone by since your comment and mine. Like you, I woke up this morning @ 6:30 am EDT and the babies had all flown the coop! I rather thought last night I might not be seeing them today; but hoped I might get one last glimpse. I believe they were all about 23 to 27 days old. When I first started watching the nest, Mama bird was clearly hatching the eggs. It was easy to see they had hatched on different days. A week ago they ranged from pink with brown splotches to a light tan to dark brown. I went out last night and Mama let me watch her foraging for food and feeding them. A bush under the nest, which was on top of my patio light, had ripe red berries which she enjoyed and was feeding her babies. To the cameraman who took these videos: I am grateful (as was the person to whom I am actually writing) to see what occurs when they are figuring out how to leave the nest. My last glimpse was last night.
They were sleeping earlier in the evening; by 9ish EDT, Two were awake, peering out of the nest. I couldn't help but wonder if the siblings were pondering their first flight for morning! What an amazing experience the last month has been for this human! Thanks again for your videography and helping me close their and my "robin birth and development" chapter! I would love to find and watch more of your work!
Thank you for such beautiful video
The last of my brood left the nest yesterday morning. Mama built her best in the corner of the windowsill outside my Guest Bedroom, so we have been able to watch, and I took live stills with my phone, of each stage. I even placed a few tasty worms and grubs up on the sill, which she feed to her brood of 4. She laid her eggs over 2 days, and #1 fledged on Wednesday and the other 3 yesterday. I was lucky - I had gone in to check, and carefully tucked my phone under the blind to get the photo. 20 minutes later they were out of the nest - never to return. We have a cedar hedge just under and to the side of their nest, so they are all in there. We can hear them when Mom comes with food. It's incredible how quickly the go from egg to fledgling. Nice distraction from Covid-19. 👍🐣💜🐦
8:11 I was surprised that the mom came back. That was cool she make sure all leave.
We just had a nest of robins on our porch, nice and low where we could look into it. 4 hatched, 4 grew, and 4 just flew off a couple days ago. What a great blessing to watch them grow every day. So cute ;o)
Will they come back to the nest after their first flight ? Day 1?
@@devineloom They (or one of the babies) did come back, we have a nest out there now with fresh hatchlings. Two this time. :)
This is SO wonderful! I’ve been watching a robin’s nest in a tree in our yard, but it’s up about 10 feet, in the shade and hard to see. Knowing that robins and most birds fledge when they are fully grown, I wondered how the family could all fit in such a small nest. Now I know. Amazing! Thank you!
I find it so adorable how they all pop up like that when mom comes home!
I have three (originally four, one baby fell out early this morning, I believe ;-;) babies, I've been watching them every couple hours to see how it's going and good lord, they are _loud!_
Thanks for video.👍🤓
Me and my mo rescue birds! It’s so awesome when they live outside but fly up to u every time u go out
The Mama Robin will continue to feed her babies once they leave the nest. You will see them in the yard doing a little wing fluttering dance...and you will see the Mama feed them! I love watching them!
Also...if, on a warm day, you have your hose on misting..or a sprinkler..the robins will shower in it! Its fun watching them.
Thank you for sharing your babies with us! 🐦
For some reason I think it's very satisfying seeing the parents come with a full beak of bugs for the babies! It makes me feel like they were able to get a nice meal!
This was fun to watch. Thank you. I just had 3 baby robins leave their nest last night into today. I get nests every year and love to watch them grow. I only spotted them last week, they had been keeping a low profile until then.
Great job Sophie!!! I’m watching the same magic happen right now in my deck rafters. They have been my favorite birds since I was Sophie’s age and I just turned 70. At least some perfect things never change. Thanks.
We have a nest of four baby robins under our porch and check them everyday (from a distance). We watch mom bring them food and are very interested to see when they will fly. Fun!
Thanks for the great video.
We have a robins nest in a tree right outside our living room window. Four baby robins they started hatching 5/30. The female and male robins have been feeding them all day every day. The baby's look so weak when they are getting fed they can only hold their heads up for so long. Appreciated this video thanks.
This is the most sweet video I saw about Robins! Thanks a lot for sharing this so that we know what we can expect for next with the Mama Robin and her blue eggs. She came to our house around end of April and built her nest at the top flat corner of our front door. We try to go out from our garage since then... I read thru a lot of comments also, so happy to know so many people has Robins as their friends built nest around human being. I guess after the babies flew away, we will still leave the nest for her so that maybe next year she can coming back
Thanks for sharing Beth. And your daughter is so cute. I know this was a long time ago. I have been watching my nest all day because I don’t have a camera. I have four
I love this video. I am experiencing the beauty of seeing 3 baby robins hatched and being fed by their mom & dad.
The mom and dad actually keep feeding the babies for another week after they fly from the nest. They spend a week on the ground growing and gaining more strength to be able to fly. Mom and dad are able to find them all and feed them during that time because they stay in the same vicinity.
Alexa Sullivant thanks I was wondering what happens with them since there is a active nest in range of my house
Saved a fledgling from a cat the other morning..in a temp nest box by itself but parents are still flying in to feed it. Will give it another 24 hours or so and see if it is ready to fly rather than walk and hop. Plenty of cats around here.
Thank you, that was the info I was looking for! We have chicks and cats! We noticed the Robins getting loud and then realized we had chicks walking around. We thought we had to rescue them but now I understand better. One is in the field next to us so a little safer, another is in our back yard. If the chick jumps down again, we'll put it out in the field. I was worried but now I see mom and dad will find them and feed them!
@@seaton91pix I ended up making a temporary nest box as the poor little thing was just not ready to fly.
The parents carried on feeding and 3 mornings later he took off.
It does wrestle with your conscience as what to do for the best but the most important thing is,that you actually care..kudos to you.
@@jerrydelaney6971 We're watching ... they're not typically ready to fly. They stay on the ground for a few days if not longer. I didn't know either. Now I understand ... mom and dad stand on the wall with food and call for them. They find them. We finally got to see that last night. I was so worried because one of them was on the other side of the fence. It's doing well, getting stronger, up on another fence!
I’ve been coming home every night to watch the nest outside my living room window. Who knew it would be so entertaining. I know they’re gonna leave then what am I gonna do?
Awesome video and what great parents y’all r to get your daughter into nature in this way!!!! Kudos to you!!
We had a female take a liking to a ceiling fan in our yard, she built her nest and her and her mate (I think) fed the hatchlings and we watched them grow . Today, they left the nest. It was pretty cool to pass the time watching the process.
You have a ceiling fan in your yard?
@@MelBee128 yes , under a portico..
Great video
i had 3 hatch in my shed the nest is just about chest level. I give the mother Robin a dozen worms twice a day in a bowl outside my shed door. They come to me for food when i go out and they let me visit the nest! The babies are ugly little suckers but i enjoy having them there. Really enjoyable to watch them. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thank you Ben and Sophie. Great video!
I Love it .... my baby birds 🐦 born today ... thanks for sharing...
Just love this video
This is pretty amazing. A few robins were flying around my yard today and when i saw them this evening I did a walk around the property and see they were building a nest in a vine I have growing along my fence :) Excited to watch (from a distance) this little bird family grow
WE HAVE A NEST ON THE RAFTERS UNDER OUR TOP DECK. So we can look through the deck spaces down into the nest. Your video with Sophie was amazing, thank you. I just learned what the momma does with the eggs after they hatch, she discards them. This morning I found a hatched egg that had been discarded. I was searching this morning how momma discards the shells and is how I found your video. So great!! thank you
I love the American robins💗
Thank you. A beautiful video
The first of four baby robins left a few minutes ago and I feel so protective of them♡ Thank you for this video!
Great video log! Thanks for making and sharing it!
I had to come in so this makes me feel better to see happy robin babies being fed by their mother and father. I was traumatized after seeing a disturbing video about some baby bird being bird-napped so I had to watch this to make me feel better. I love your beautiful Robin family! Thank you!❤
Me too anne
I have a robin's nest with eggs outside my kitchen window. Can't wait til I see the little hatching.
Lol the last one wanted momma alllll it's always that one that will stay until you come home
We"ve been hearing that sound every few seconds Robin #4 was making in our back tree, and saw the Robins flying with food constantly, found the young robin this morning with the camera. Thanks for sharing, very nice video.
Thank you so much for this awesome video. It captured the beauty of nature and stages of life for these lovely birds.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful journey. So precious x
Lovely video and great camera angles. I loved the bit where the chicks were all asleep and then in a split second woke up when they scented a worm. Chick number 4 seemed to have a constantly open beak at the end.
The birds were amazing, but the best part was seeing your lovely daughter ham around. Thanks!
Thank you for showing this. I have baby Robbins it just text a few days ago up above my patio. I can certainly hear them but I can only see mama bird feeding them. I think they are about five days old. It’s very exciting
As for the last bird to fly away from your video I do believe this was the little bird that didn’t get as much food in the beginning because he was up towards the front of the nest and his siblings stood up taller than he did from what I could notice. Possibly this is why he stayed behind for more feedings.
Great video again thank you 😊
Adorable, I wish I had such a good view of the robins nesting in our backyard. But it’s still cool to have them
They hopping is how robins encourage worms to come closer to surface. The hopping simulates the tapping of rain which drives worms crazy so they come up to surface to get away from it. That's why you always see worms coiled up under awnings so they don't have the rain constantly tapping on their "roof."
Cool!
Great footage!!
Thanks for sharing this video . It is lovely.
Kool ty for info just watched 2 today leave the nest
This is beautiful to watch. I just wanted some baby wrens leave the nest and take their first flight. It's truly a wonderful sight to see.
Thank you for posting. I have baby robbins on my back porch and was curious on their progression. This is my first time experiencing this. What a lovely experience for your daughter, she is really cute.
My grandson and I loved your video
We have an old nest right above our front door. Robins have been using it for 7 years. Usually get 2 broods (mid April, late June).
I've never closely observed them for fear of scaring them away, so I enjoyed being able to watch your video!
Hi Alien, do you know if the same Robin Mama coming back the next year? I have one nest with Mama Robin now, she has 3 eggs, I read that after the baby Robin fly away, the Robin couple will take care of their kids around. Just wondering what's going on with the old nest...
@@sherrywang4152 To be honest I don't know if it's the same mother every year. I like to imagine it's the same family using the same nest across generations, though!
Currently the nest is unoccupied, though I've seen a few pigeons walking around.
What is absolutely insane is that this exact same scenario occurred on an old deck fan we have out back. Exactly as shown in here. 3 chicks, one mother. We watched them fly and walk around the fan. They all successfully flew off with their mother I believe 5 days ago. Mother helped lead them off with some worms.
Just love it. nature at its best.
Beautiful bird, you show it nicely.
Of all Gods creatures, birds are the most amazing builders, just above beavers.
There was one baby bird that frequently didn't get food (at least not from when you recorded) which I assume was the last bird who didn't grow fast enough as the others. One baby bird was fed more than the others too, which I assume was the first one to fly off because of the quicker development thanks to the nutrients.
Awww how sweet 🥰 Thanks for sharing. I love how the last one jumps out of the nest then jumps back in after a few moments and the realisation what had just happened hehe @ 8:30secs Lol 😂 Bless so cute.
THANK YOU!!!!!♡♡♡♡♡Great footage!!!
"No more free worms!" Wrong, the parents still feed them up to a certain point after the chicks leave the nest.
I believe I saw parents giving their chicks hunting lessons on the ground about a week ago.
Thank you for that information
I was cleaning my window when the last robin was about to fly and I startled it and flew away. The adult robins seemed angry and one flew towards me. Will the momma abandon that last one? I also put out pieces of apple for them. Is this ok? Might you know?
@@evemiranda3474 They weren't prepared to see it off just yet. They seem to call the little ones on overcast days to reduce the threats of hawks and crows. They have to make it tp some other cover as they can't fly too long or far. They parents guide them along, along with parents of other ones if threatened. They work as a team to push the risky bird off and they're quite aggressive. You really don't want to feed them, as they need to break from that location qiickly. Parents will help them out as long as you stay away...
I just had 4 little ones, under my rear upper deck, there every year, left Weds the 2nd. I try to watch out for them as my pool is next to the deck. I was awake 7am, but three tried to leave before that. A crow or hawk got one right on my deck, feathers were there with more. I think the other two got away for then anyway. Last one left in tbe afternoon. I was home, heard parents trying to drive something off. It was a crow in mearby woods, it didn't look to have got it, I clapped to scare it off. I could here the baby bird chirp before it left. I saw one in front after or two or three.long road ahead for them.
Right, daddies run a daycare in nearby trees to help them learn to live on their own. ❤
I just loved watching this. Thanks for taking the time to film it and share it.
Superb extraordinary marvelous video
Lovely presentation with love
Lovely daughter like doll
Love really universal
This video is so wonderful and delightful to watch. Thank you so much for sharing.
I watch this video just to see your beautiful daughter Sophie, she makes my day.
Thanks for the video! Gives me an idea what to expect as I have nesting robins at my house. I am delaying a repair until they fly away into the sunset. The energy of your daughter is wonderful to see. I wish kids could always remain kids, but unfortunately they too grow and fly away. Cherish these moments!
I have some nesting In bushes off my back porch. I pray no neighborhood cats are around when they take off. Don’t have a lot but we’ve got a few. I had one coming to my feeders and finally he got the message he wasn’t wanted here. 👍🏼♥️
I enjoyed myself wathing the baby robins video thanks
The last one was like. I’m no fool. I’m taking my easy meal and no one to fight with for it.
Great job capturing the process!
The last baby reminded me of the movie, Failure to launch lol
Enjoyed all of this and thank you DAD and little girl you are fantastic for us who could never see such magic and wonder of the wild life.. God BLess and I hope you all do more.. THANK YOU >>
I have recently become a steadfast fan of red robins when I had a very amazing interaction with one this spent about 20 minutes hanging out with me and letting me pet it. All this came after it conked itself on a window and I wrapped it up and took it out into the sun to warm up a little and was really gentle with it and it decided to like hang out with me and on me. I will forever have a fondness for this particular breed of bird after this.
So sweet!
Aww at the birds’ transformation from infancy to adulthood and the little girl’s greet at the end. Thanks for sharing this video! 😍
Fantastic filming..thank you!
I really like this video ! The robin come to my yard too ! I wish I can record this too ! thank you so much for sharing
What a wonderful job you did! I loved it when the last robin left and your wife sounded so joyful. I really felt for that last robin! Hey, it's a scary world out there. I was the last kid to leave the nest too, so I can relate, lol. :)
Beautiful video of nesting Robin.
Thank you for this insightful video! I really enjoyed it as I'm anticipating a hatching of a nest on my back porch!
Mom and Dad will actually still feed them after they leave the nest. They'll teach them to find their own food, then they'll cut them off. So they've probably got a couple more days of free worms. After that, they'll be able to feed themselves. They still want to be fed after they can feed themselves, so the parents have to cut them off to get them to actually do it for themselves. It's amazing how fast they develop. I've helped a couple baby robins that fell out of the nest too soon, but only had to do so for a few days before they were able were able to fly (their parents were still around to help them, but it was only for about two days after they could fly).
really great footage
My granddaughters and I loved watching your video! Thank you! ❤
This is so incredible to watch. Great video!
These birds are super fast and efficient....My pair built a beautiful/solid nest in one day (may 4, 2020)....three chicks fledged (June 5).....wow...!
I'm filming the same thing from the blue eggs being discovered about a week ago to these little chirpers standing up tall with their mouths open... and now they have feathers/wings in just a week... growing fast! I missed them hatching, so I guess they did it overnight and the parent(s) flew the shell pieces away to clean up. I hope to catch them at least being taught to fly out of the nest.
This video helped a lot! My family just found 4 baby robins that fell out of the nest
Hi Ben, Fantastic shoot Ben.. Stunning.. and also Sophie is so cute.. Such an adorable.. take Care..
Very nice video! I’m documenting a robins and sparrows nest and it’s really interesting to see the chicks develop over time.
Loved your video, I have a best in my front yard, watched the mother make her nest.. love watching birds, we also had bluebirds in our back yard... I have lots of different types and feeders, they are such a peaceful animal 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for this - my children really enjoyed watching this and it was great for our Robin study here in the UK :-)
Thank you for the awesome video - great footage. Our two baby robins left the nest this morning. It happened so quick and I didn't see them fly out of the nest. I didn't expect their leaving... But I am happy for them. Thank you again!!!
Wow thank you so much for sharing this with us!! We have a Momma and a nest on our front porch right now!!
Many thanks for the Post Ben and Sophie, we are missing our 3 chicks,we believe they may have gone earlier today, so it’s around the same time as yours.
They nested in an old metal Bucket ,we had on a shelf in the garden.
Take care ,keep safe
Nature is amazing
I love robin's 😍😍😍
This is very educational. A robin family nested near our house, at eye level in a small tree. I now know what age they leave the nest.
Fascinating video. Thank you, I know what Im in for now that we have a nest. Praying successful as your group❤
I'm feeding a baby robin, he's now a fledgling, he stays close to home, I still feed him daily, I will until he can help himself more❤
Incredibly interesting. Thank you for taking the time to do this. 👍. I thought they all left at the same time and that mom was around to encourage them and show them how. I learned something.
Luke Smith, So yesterday my daughter friends found a baby Robin on the ground. they left it for about an hour and came back. It was still there. I found out today ( this evening)so I told them to research" how to raise a baby Robin" the kids decided to give me the bird . it's a " fledgling"( sp?) I put it in a shoe box w a paper towel nest, w a heating pad on l will a thick towel in-between. but now that I know, I can school the children to leave the flegling alone because Mom n dad are watching n feeding it. to leave it be as long as it is in a safe area. 👍it's eating from my fingers. canned cat food( fancy feast chicken hearts and liver) and whole wheat bread balls ( moisten in water) tomorrow I am going to try and find baby bird food fr a pet store. God bless all the good folks out there who's willing to help when these little babies are in danger thanks
Luke Smith, it is not a" hopper".the poor little bird can hardly sit up straight without falling over. so maybe the children did the right thing after all.