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American Robin Life Cycle
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Fly, Fly, Away
It takes a while and a lot of practice for the baby robins to survive on their own. After they leave the nest, they spend time with dad and other fledgling to learn all they need to know survive. Soon they are strong and ready to take off on their own, and so the life cycle begins again!
Time to Hatch
Fighting its way out of the egg isn't easy for a chick. First it breaks a hole in the shell with its egg tooth, a hard hook on its beak. The eggs usually hatch a day apart in the order they were laid. Featherless, reddish, wet, and blind, the babies require A LOT of food. Now it becomes a full time job for both parents to protect the nest, find food, and feed the clamoring babies during the 9-16 days they spend in the nest.
Feed me!!
Sitting on the nest
The momma bird sits on the nest for 12 to 14 days incubating the eggs. She rarely leaves the nest for more than 5 minuets at a time. Papa bird is close by watching over the nest.
Laying the eggs
Robins almost always lay four eggs per nest. They lay one egg per day for four days until the nest is full! If there is a bad egg, she will get rid of it and lay another, until there are four good eggs are in the nest. At that time the incubating period begins.
This is the nest that was in my tree, in my front yard!
Nest Building
It takes the momma bird about 36 hours
to build a nest for her babies. She is one of the best
house builders I have ever seen, very neat and
skilled in her craft. Once the nest is done, teh real work begins!
Step by step
This spring I was lucky enough to watch this
life cycle from beginning to end in a tree in my
own front yard. This is the life cycle of a robin
as I saw it happen day by day.
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