Discovery Channel in our own Backyard

Each spring we have a robin or two that will build a nest in the trees in our yard. The boys always love to watch the birds, and this year was especially fun. You see, Mrs. Robin was very confused. Instead of choosing a nice tree, she instead choose space above our floodlight on our deck. I tried shooeing her away - I even took down her nest four times as she tried to built it, but she insisted that this is where she was going to have her nest. Unfortunately, when I was running errands one day, she won the nest battle...by the time I checked it that night, she had it mudded up and was sitting in it. Of course the boys were thrilled, and Mrs. Robin learned that she would have to live with the boys constant running in and out of the house. She was a good mommy bird...all three eggs she laid hatched, and our boys learned a lot watching her take care of those baby birds!