Rockin’ Robins: Baby birds’ nest

While visiting my grandmother and my aunt in the Point Pelee area (Canada’s most southern locale and bird watchers’ paradise!), I had an opportunity to see some baby robins up close. At this stage, a few days out of their bright blue shells, the baby birds just looked like little lumps of furry flesh with big orange beaks, beaks they’d open wide when they thought food was near. The adult robins weren’t far away, and the mother got a bit agitated when I went to take this photo. 

A friend of my aunt’s made this nesting box for her; it’s essentially a platform with an overhang to keep the birds somewhat protected from the weather. It’s mounted near the top of fence, hopefully out of reach of neighbourhood cats and other predators.  

Do you have birds nesting in your yard?