Eggs!

I found eggs today! Okay, that's not amazing, considering I have five chickens who lay me eggs on a regular basis. However, the eggs I found today were not nice brown chicken eggs, nor were they in my coop.

There is an American Robin nesting in a rhododendron right outside my bedroom window. It's a fairly protected little spot, tucked under both the rhodie and under a large, overhanging cedar tree. Only disadvantage is that it's low enough that predators and curious homeowners can access the nest.

I saw that the mother Robin was out of the nest a bit ago, and took the opportunity to stand on tiptoe and gently tug down the branch to peer inside the nest. (I'm about 5'3", so the nest isn't very far off the ground.) Three beautiful sky blue eggs! Fantastic. Now I hope all the yardwork and the periodic invasions by passing people doesn't bother the mother enough to make her abandon the nest. I am hopeful, though; yesterday my husband was not 10 feet from the nest, chopping wood and making all kinds of racket, and yet the mother bird was sitting calmly on her eggs.

I'm going to try to get a picture of the eggs, and then of the chicks when they hatch. Hoping I can find the eggshells after they hatch too, so I can bring them inside!