| April 29, 2011 | Posted by SuperADDMom under ADDventures |
my very free thinking chilren found a robin nest today, with 4 eggs in it. it was built on the side of the workshop, and being the kind of kids they are they thought they should remove it from it’s position and care for the eggs themselves, since no mother bird was around and they didn’t want the nest to destroy the siding on the workshop.
sigh…
i put it back where it was built and am hoping the mother who was gone for a bit will be back to hatch these 4 babies.
i’ve looked up info and it is too much work, with low chances of survival if they are abandoned and we tried to raise them. so if they don’t have a mother, and don’t hatch….perhaps I have a robin nest with eggs, and can find a way to preserve the eggs so they do not stink or crack, and have a piece of art from nature.
I wish they had left it. i think the mother was just away…i don’t know now if she’ll come back with the nest having been removed for over a half hour. they don’t freak from human scent, but they are very keen of knowing what the nest look slike, and will leave a nest they think has been bothered by a predator.
My kids may have created orphans by accident
scratch all that. the girl just came in and said the mother robin is back and sitting on the eggs….
