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The house finches have laid 4 eggs and they are just the smallest little fragile things!!! I can’t wait to hear the little chirps of the babies in about a week or so. It takes about 14 days for an egg to hatch. They’ve been there for over a week so I am thinking it could be any time now.

Sadly the baby robin did not survive. Momma robins leave the nest during the day to get food and I am afraid that is when we had that nasty cold snap. It was only about 45-50 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and almost to freezing over night. Hopefully she still has time to have another clutch of eggs before winter.

I will take pictures and keep you all posted about the house finches. 🙂

We now have 2 bird nests on our property!

One is the robin nest that is in a bush that borders the garage, and we have a new nest with no eggs yet in the hanging basket. I have yet to see who is in this new nest but it has been the choice location for a pair of mated house finches for the past 3 years. 🙂 I am curious to see if it’s the same pair. Who ever it is they are too scared right now to stick around when I open the door. The momma robin has finally caught on to the fact that she can stay in her nest safely when we come out. Those babies should be about ready to hatch!

I need to get some pictures up with these posts!!! Sorry about that. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by.

~Sara