BEWARE: Bombs ahead

Not that long ago I posted about the birds nest in the tree in our front yard. I was anxious and excited and couldn't wait for the eggs to hatch and for baby birds to emerge and grew worried that we'd miss all the action because of a vacation we were going on. I have no idea how long it takes for bird eggs to hatch. When we came home the first thing I did was look for Mama Robin. I was happy to see that she was still sitting in the nest, exactly as she was when we left early that morning for California. It was almost as if we never left. And it seemed as if the eggs hadn't hatched. Then Keven and my nephew cut the grass one day and told me later that night about how out of nowhere Daddy Robin emerged and started dive bombing them whenever they got remotely close to the tree. The eggs had hatched and there were babies.... Tonight I caught glimpse of Mama Robin feeding a baby bird from a distance and I went and grabbed my camera to try and get some photos. I managed to snap a few (cautiously and from a distance) but oh boy what a mistake that was.

Mama Robin wasn't too sure of me and my camera so she left the nest and perched on a branch higher up in the tree. Then she started chirping out an S.O.S. and before I knew it Daddy Robin appeared. I retreated back some (I wasn't even that close to begin with) and the next thing I knew Daddy Robin was swooping down trying to dive bomb me. So I went inside and got my big zoom lens thinking that I could get up close shots from an even greater distance and well, that was even a bigger mistake. Daddy Robin was even angrier at me. That's one pissed of Daddy Robin if I've ever seen one! He let me know for sure that he meant business and wanted me to stay away, so I did. I gave up and went inside. After all I didn't want to stress the poor new parents out any more than I already had. And quite frankly he scared the crap out of me!

Maybe next time I'll have better luck. That is if I attempt a next time.