Bird Watching: New neighbors, 1 by ckk

ckk wrote:
I went outside to water some plants yesterday, and discovered some bird feathers and what looked like blood on my steps and front walk. It looked like there had been some kind of bird fight, or that a cat had gotten to a bird. Anyway, I suspected that there might be a nest nearby, and that a bird had been protecting itself and the babies against predators. I did a little detective work around the shrubs and trees in the yard, and discovered a robin's nest in the dogwood tree right next to my front porch. You can't see it in the picture, but there appears to be two just-hatched babies in the nest. They don't have their eyes open yet, as far as I can tell. I watched Mom and Dad bring them food for quite awhile. I'll post some more pictures as I get other views. Pretty cool!