I HAVE BABIES!

There are 4 of them - baby robins right outside my bedroom window. I feel like a peeper myself but I watched this mom on her nest for over a week, and finally one day saw her feeding 4 downy balls. Oh, and with heads made of mouths. No really, I swear their head split right in two to open cavernously every time she came near. Otherwise, they just laid down and snuggled together.

It's been about 6 days since I first saw her feeding them, and they're stretching their wings - with actual feathers now - and are alert - they watch when mom (and supposedly dad) goes to get food. Their heads are only 50% mouth now. To see this transformation in only 6 days is incredible to me. Downy puffball to winged bird in 6 days seems to rival the butterfly's transformation. Babies are amazing.

The picture to the left was taken 2 days ago with a cheap digital point and shoot, sorry! I should get a zoom lens and an expensive digital SLR camera, as well as go down there and trim the branches away from the nest - but I don't want to scare the mom away! The movie below was taken yesterday.



They're so cute I'm gonna DIE!!!