Cautiously hopeful!

May 5, 2012

Late Friday afternoon, First Grade Charles teachers noticed a big change in the nest! One of the robin's eggs hatched! We were all worried that it might be too early for the baby to be born, however we do not know exactly when the first egg was laid. It's possible that it incubated 11-12 days.

After the mother left the nest for a quick snack, Mr. Rogers decided to gracefully climb out of Ms. Pandit's window to take a quick picture.

Moments after he snapped this photo, the little chick gave us an encouraging sign by raising it's head. Just after Mr. Rogers clambered across the window sill, the mother bird returned to keep her brood warm.

As Mrs. Outterson has pointed out to her students, not all seeds that we plant sprout. Similarly, there is the possibility that of all the eggs that a female robin lays in her several broods each spring, not all of them will successfully hatch. We are so curious to see what is happening in the nest on Monday!