Robin's nest under my window

May 27, 2005. Day fifteen since I discovered the robin's nest under my bedroom window.

It's been fourteen days since the first egg was laid.

Today, the mama bird refuses to leave the nest for our photo session.

I don't know if any eggs have hatched or not & don't want to startle her for fear that she will just abandon the nest.

Some facts about robins:

Common Name: American robin
French: Merle d'Amérique
Spanish: Mirlo primavera

Scientific Name: Turdus migratorius
Order PASSERIFORMES - Family TURDIDAE

Society: In summer, females sleep on the nests and males congregate in roosts. As young robins become independent, they join the males in the roost. Female adults go to the roosts only after they have finished nesting.

Nesting: An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young.

Life-time: About half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years.

Stay tuned for future updates and more about robins. The daily pictures will be at Flickr.