A few weeks ago I posted about the robin building a nest in the tree out front, in the branches just above the sidewalk leading to my porch. I watched her as she selected all the pieces and flew up into it placing each piece just where she wanted them. Then I didn’t see her for a very long time.
The Nest
In the last couple days I noticed movement in the nest, but I could never see clearly because of the other branches with their leaves in the way, except the occasional breeze which moved the limbs for a brief half second.
Yesterday and today I tried to capture brief glimpses. Not an easy task, even from the upstairs window.
This afternoon I downloaded the photos to trash the worst ones and see whatever I could see.
Surprisingly the bird I saw in these photos does not look like a robin. I emailed them to my friend, Michael, the Bird Whisperer to see what he thought, with what little we can see. He said it looks like a morning dove, and I agree. And he explained “that happens a lot….also sometimes different birds will use a nest after it has already been used previously by a different species of bird too…..:-) I guess some of them would rather just move in….then have to build from scratch…:-)
Bird In the Nest
Another view of a bird in the nest, which looks like another bird, maybe?
A different bird also in nest?
Clear photos! I guess the robin moved on. Looks like a dove I think……
That’s what Michael said. I sent the pics to him first to ask his thoughts since he knows so much about birds. Pretty cool though that I could actually get the pics. It took a lot of being on tip toe and straining my neck the way i had to do in order to get the photos 🙂
Ann – This is a great post and absolutely FANTASTIC photographs! In the last picture the occupant almost looks like a Mourning Dove?
You are right, that is what my bird expert/bird whisperer friend says. I agree. It is strange how the first pic of a bird looks like a different bird that the other bird pics.