It seems I was a little harsh on the momma and poppa robins yesterday. I did a little bit of research and learned that the babies are SUPPOSED to leave the nest ... at a certain age (about 14 days old) they are all too big to stay in the nest and one by one they leave the nest.
The parents are well aware of this and even give some "tough love" (which equates to less frequent feeding) to encourage the babies to leave the nest.
So these little babies leave the nest and hang around close by for up to 2 weeks ... and the parents (mostly the poppa) continue to take care of them ... feeding them ... and working with them on the various skills that are necessary to survive.
If/when the "fledglings" survive this time period ... then they fly away and become fully independent and the parents go on to start another nest/family.
A lot of lessons in this for me to ponder ... but I just wanted to post my apologies to the momma and poppa robin ... and to God for getting frustrated with things that are far too awesome for me to figure out!
If you are interested ... here is a blog with video that shows this beautful process ... stage by stage. http://www.howpeg.com/robinblog2005/
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