Both robin parents tend their chicks in the nest. The parent featured here is the mommy.
A female robin pauses on a branch before delivering a mouthful of worms and insects to her chicks.
At the nest, four chicks beg: Feed me.
And one of them gets fed (this time).
Then, that chick turns its bottom up and poops out a faecal sac which mommy picks up to discard.
Poop sac? Wow. Somehow I didn’t know that about robins until now. Thanks, Alistair
“Poop sacs”: so much better than the diapers that human parents must use! If only we could pick and choose the features of parenting we’d like to adopt from other creatures. Am I right that baby birds sleep quietly all night, not looking for food until dawn?
I’ve never gotten to see mama-baby bird feeding so closely and clearly. It’s fascinating. I always thought birds brought back one critter at a time; this robin obviously collected food for quite awhile.
Amazing Alistair simply the best nature photography I have ever seen. You get it all.
How interesting! Thank you for this mini documentary Alistair.