Welcome to the World, Little Babies

Ah,the first day of summer.

Eighteenmonths ago, a power surge blew out our garage door openers, and we ended upleaving the overhead doors open the rest of that winter. By the time springcame, and we were ready to take the old openers down and put up the new ones, amother robin had built a nest on top of one of them. I thought I wrote anentire blog about it, but this is the only one I found.

Lastfall, after she had a second batch of babies, and the mother and all her offspringhad flown the nest, we took it down along with the old opener and installed thenew one.

Thenthis May, with the garage door opener going up and down twice a day to let mycar in and out, that silly bird built another nest in the same spot. I madeHubby take it down right away so we could have the garage back, but Momma came backand continued building.

Everytime I went in the garage and saw her sitting on her nest, her face as seriousas could be, I would say hi to her and tell her she was doing a good job. With myback still bothering me, I wasn’t able to climb a ladder for a better look, butHubby assured me she had eggs.

Thenmaybe a week ago, he said he saw a chick in the nest and the next day he sawtwo more.

Today,I finally managed to get out and greet the new arrivals. Aren’t all babiesadorable?

Now, we’ll see how long before Momma lays a new batch. Could be a long summer. But that’s better than a long winter.