Five-day old hatchlings are now clearly showing signs of feathers growing in. They have about filled the nest, meaning they are perhaps three or four times the body mass they were when they hatched less than a week ago. Their two parents – I can’t tell who is Mom and who is Dad – have pretty much a full time job going back and forth to feed them. However, I suppose because of our relatively cool weather right now (in the 50′s this morning) most of the time when I examine the nest they have heads buried under each other.
Today’s picture (previous posts – click on the “robins” tag)…
Day 3 of the great Wisconsin Robin watch… we’re growing fast (compare the size of these hatchlings with yesterday’s post here). [Picture date 5/24/2009 3:24 pm.]
Right outside my backdoor is a light fixture. Hasn’t worked for a number of years, doesn’t seem to feel like a priority to fix it right now. Just as well – a pair of robins have decided this is a great spot to raise their children. Sheltered from the rain, relatively protected from predators. The only real disadvantage seems to be these pesky humans who will keep coming in and out of the door below. Read more »
These thoughts were originally written for a church devotional for Park Street Church in Boston, and comprised the main text of my newsletter to Care of Creation ministry partners last week. They seemed worth preserving here as well.
“I am making everything new!” Rev. 21:5
It is not a coincidence that Easter occurs in the springtime.
Spring is exciting, especially for those of us who live in the frozen north, as we do in Wisconsin. Returning to our house recently, my wife and I pause and glance over our flower beds as we do often at this time of year. This time she gives a little cry of joy: Hidden beneath dead leaves and other leftovers from winter isa spot of green. As we bend to look, we see another and then another: the first signs of resurrection. Frozen in below-zero soil just a few weeks ago, the flowers are coming back to life. Read more »
God's Creation | Ed | 
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Right outside my backdoor is a light fixture. Hasn’t worked for a number of years, doesn’t seem to feel like a priority to fix it right now. Just as well – a pair of robins have decided this is a great spot to raise their children. Sheltered from the rain, relatively protected from predators. The only real disadvantage seems to be these pesky humans who will keep coming in and out of the door below. 
