If you are in an urban area with a lot of crows, they likely ate the baby robin. Though once a prolific breeder in Portland, now few if any are hatched or reach maturity. Crows used to be a wary country species there, but are now ubiquitous.
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On Jul 22, 2022, at 1:54 PM, jimbetz at jimbetz.com wrote:
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Hi all,
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The robin's nest in the tree along side of our front door is
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empty - just today. And the fledglings are hanging out in the
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front yard ... mostly just sitting in the grass while Mom(?) hunts
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for worms nearby. One has been in a low bush - and another of
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the 3 has been on the lowest branches of the large tree.
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We never saw a second adult - so I'm guessing that the one
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that is here is the female.
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We're hoping the adults will choose to use the same nest
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again for their next clutch - we'll see.
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It does seem like if a pair has chosen a particular location
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for their nest that they will return to the same nest for the
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next time (that same year). I'm not talking about just robins
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here. However, some of the nearby nests have been "once onlys".
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Next year same tree/location - that seems to be less likely.
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As I think I've reported before - just about all of the
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species we've had at the seed feeder this year are showing up
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as young birds - first with an adult feeding them and then
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quickly them feeding themselves and finally where the new
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fledgling is present at the feeder and the adults are either
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not with them or ignoring them and just feeding themselves.
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More or less in frequency of visitors we've had House Sparrows,
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House Finches, Goldfinches, Purple Finches, Pine Siskins,
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Towhees, White-Crowned Sparrows, Cowbirds, Grosbeaks (both
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but more Black-headed), Robins (on the lawn), Mourning
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Doves (on the aggregate under the seed feeder), and some
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occasional visitors such as Flickers, Stellars, etc.
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For a few days about a month ago there was a Cooper's
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Hawk that came near the seed feeder "every day" but it
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stopped visiting (I guess it didn't catch another bird?).
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The frequency of Bald Eagles has dropped -way- off but
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we still see several Vultures a day. It's been a month
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or so since we've seen a Red-Tailed (here from the house).
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Trips to the Skagit and Samish Flats have produced a
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few raptors and very little else since about the middle of
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May. I guess I'm just missing the GBHs and others ...
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We did see two adults and one juvenile Bald Eagle - on
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the ground in a field - very near the corner of Best Rd.
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and McClean (where Christiansen's is) just last week. They
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were quite near the road and stayed long enough for me to
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go around the round-a-bout and come back to stop and get a
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long look and a couple of cell phone pictures.
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****
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I'm saddened by Gary's move - it's his life and all that
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but he is an important part of local birding and he will be
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missed.
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- Jim in Burlington
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