Well that didn't last long...

This morning as I was leaving the house, I walked over to the pine tree to check out the robins and I heard little chirps coming from the branches. I looked a little closer and thought to myself "well that's odd, those don't look like *my* robins". You know why? They were OUT of the nest! What a difference a day makes. There were two of them on the branches, the third must have already flown away.

By the time I ran back inside the second one flew away, so all I was left with was the 'runt' of the nest. He was sitting on the branch rocking his head back and forth like he was listening to an invisible iPod with a really good Bob Marley song playing. I was a bit worried about him, but he just continued to sway back and forth...



























Then just as Josh and I were convinced that he was injured or worse, he let out a giant PEEP, flapped his wings, turned away from me, and flew off the tree limb. *sigh*

I decided to follow him for a little bit and snap a few more pictures and enjoy the last few moments with him, because I knew I'd probably never see him again.





















































I did see their mom come back this afternoon, she landed in my backyard (I could tell it was her, she has a very distinctive mark on her chest). She probably got that from the fight she got into with the squirrel when she was protecting her chicks.

Anyways, I took a picture of the empty nest this afternoon. Hopefully next year the nest will be full again...