Welcome Robins!

Phase 1 of nest building

Phase 2 - a few days later

Robins are building a nest on the nesting shelf Dave built and put up just outside our bedroom window. Very exciting! Hopefully they'll do okay there.

I wonder if other robins will nest in the large tree in the backyard again? Or will it be too close to these birds? We'll have to check for any nest construction or re-use of last year's nest.

The tree swallow maintains his vigilance over his nesting box. We saw two of them flying around on Saturday. We also saw two barn swallows flying around as well. Last year the barn swallows were nesting (stating the obvious here) in our neighbours' barns, so we would see them flying in and out. I think Dave said the tree swallows are up amongst his favourites. They make interesting clicking noises- they kinda sound like a fax machine or the old dial-up internet.

I'm hoping to see Red-Breasted Grosbeak soon. I love that guy! So brightly coloured. I think we saw him early May last year for the first time, so it's not long off. Hopefully we get our sunny warm days back soon!