About a month ago, we noticed a nest in one of our trees out back. It's right outside our back door, so we were able to watch the mommy and daddy robin build it. We all got excited about it, because we had a nest in a different tree a couple of years ago that we watched until the babies left the nest. I was hoping to do that again, so we were keeping an eye on it. We were able to snap a picture when the nest had just one egg, but there might have been more after that one. I watched as the mommy sat in her nest, but then one day I noticed that she was gone for the whole day. I got worried and did some research, but I had a bad feeling about it from the get go. I had Keith check it again a few days ago, and it's now empty. Sigh. I'm so bummed. The kids were really disappointed too, especially Chloe. I read that bluejays and crows are egg stealers, and I recalled seeing a couple of crows in the back yard just a day or two before. Stupid crows.
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