Born to Fly

My beloved three baby Robins that hatched May 15th and were nested in the tree next to our driveway are about to boot the coop. Here you can see Musa, Pook, and Ibis (left to right) all grown up — but not totally grown up. The forth egg, Cambria, never hatched. Ibis turned out to be fit as a feather even though it looked like she was a preemie birdie and weighed about as much as a stick of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit™ and didn't move much or at all really for the first twenty four hours. Sadly these little songbirds probably won't live through the first year of life, according to Journey North American Robin. However if they do then they've learned a host of new life skills and lessons and will live on to an average lifespan of five to six years. In captivity Robins can live to 17. In the next day or so they'll jump the nest and then 10-15 days after that they'll learn to fly. Scroll down to read my previous entry about them and to see a photograph of them itsy bitsy tiny on the day they left their eggs.