new neighbors

For a few weeks we have heard noises at night.  We thought it was the neighbors making noise.  However, I was not able to catch up them during the day and did not want to go outside at night to see why they were making so much noise.  A few days ago, I looked and this is what I saw...

That's right.  We have a mama robin living outside our front window.  She built her nest on top of our shutters, right outside our door.  I have been trying for days to get a picture of her sitting on top of her nest but every time I open the door our security system beeps and it alerts her that we are coming out.  At least that is my theory.  Mark thinks she just sees the door open and flies away.  I like to think she is smart and can hear really well.

So I went into stealth mode the other day and was able to capture a few pictures of her sitting on her nest before she took off.  They are a little blurry but I was trying to shoot fast.

  After I got her picture, she flew into the yard and starting yelling to her husband.  Her mate.  I'm not sure if birds have husbands, so maybe it is her baby daddy she was yelling at.  But anyway, she was squawking up a storm at someone.

I really want to see inside her nest.  So I may have to put up a ladder and check it out this weekend.  I just don't want to get pecked in the eye by an angry baby daddy bird.  But we have not seen any signs of life, so I'd love to get a picture of the eggs before they hatch. 

I think it is really cool to have these birds living on our shutter.  The boys however, are not that interested.  Oh well, I like our new neighbors.