You are here:
- Home
- Recreation/Outdoors
- Birding/Wild Birds
- Birding
- Help! A robin layed eggs on my door decoration
Birding/Help! A robin layed eggs on my door decoration
Advertisement
Question
Hi there.
I live in Salt Lake City-- and we have had spring like conditions since yesterday... and then the last bit of snow came.
This morning I saw a robin on my door wreath== and now there are 2 little tiny blue eggs in it. It's snowing tonite-- but should be spring like again by tomorrow.... What should I do?? It's on my front door. I don't want to disturb... ??? How long do the eggs take to hatch and then will they live there.
Thanks so much! I am totally clueless! Cindy
Robins usually lay a clutch of 3-4 eggs, sometimes more. So I suspect there will be more. She probably hasn't started incubating yet, so the eggs are probably still alive. If you are not going to disturb the nest (good for you), then the eggs will take about two weeks to hatch and the young will remain in the nest for another two weeks before they leave it. Then you can take the wreath down. Roger Lederer at Ornithology.com
Related Articles
- Salt Lake City Easter and Passover Events 2010 - A Listing of Salt Lake City Events for Easter and Passover 2010
- Easter or Passover Decorations Container Gardens - Make These Easter or Passover Decorations out of Eggs
- Make Miniature Eggs From Polymer Clay For a Scale Model Bird's Nest
- Egg-laying (Oviparous) Fish - Aquariums
- April - Family Guide to New York City
Answers by Expert:
Roger Lederer
Expertise
Any and all about WILD birds - the science of ornithology. Information about birdwatching, ecology, conservation, migration, behavior, banding, rehabilitation, feeding, songs, binoculars, identification, and careers in ornithology. No questions about pet or caged birds, please.
Experience
Have a PhD and over forty years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, three bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 90 countries watching birds.
Education/Credentials
PhD in Zoology/Ornithology; Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences; former Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico
©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.