Hi,
Two days ago we found a pair of robins in our garage and then yesterday a beautiful little nest with five perfect eggs sitting in it. A real joy to see, but now we've shut the garage door (they come in and out through the open window) and we don't plan on disturbing them again. Here's the slight problem, in my efforts to research on the web the egg-cycle and how long before they'll leave the nest, I came across this on the bbc site:
'For the next three weeks the fledglings are cared for by their parents, with the male taking on the main role of carer while the female prepares for the next brood. On average, robins have two broods a year, sometimes three and rarely will they have four broods. Once the last brood of fledglings have flown the nest, the robins will go their separate ways.'
Does this mean that the female robin will lay more eggs in the same nest as soon as the fledglings take to the skies? According to that site, we could be stuck out of the garage for a few months! Better get used to long grass. :)
