The baby birds in the picture above are robins. You can only see three in the photo, but there were actually four in the nest. Their mama built her nest on a wooden board just under the roof of a pavilion in a local camp ground. We were there to celebrate a high school graduate on Sunday, June 2nd. There were quite a few people in the pavilion, and the grad and three of his family members and a friend also played some live music. It was a very nice party and the weather was gorgeous, but these poor baby robins were hungry and wondering where their mama was. We were certain she was around somewhere, but we also knew she wouldn’t come to the nest while we were all there. However, any time anyone bumped the post attached to the board the nest was built on, those little babies would stretch their necks up as far as they could and open their mouths wide, expecting food. I felt sorry for them, but it was really cool to see them.

This beauty sat on the fence between our front yard and our neighbor’s for a while yesterday. I took a shot of him on the fence, then he flew down into our neighbor’s yard and sat on the stone boundary around the evergreen tree in their yard. I was able to capture a couple photos of him in that location, but this is my favorite. I love cardinals. I love to hear them sing! Their song is probably my favorite sound of spring!

Do you have a favorite sound of spring or a favorite bird? If so, let me know in the comments!