I step outside and find a seemingly stranded baby robin
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 5:58PM 
I stepped outside and found this baby robin, just beyond the porch, near the front left tire of the car. It sat immobile, turning its head a little bit, occasionally opening its beak as if asking for food, but otherwise not moving. Usually, in such a situation one can expect the parent robins to start raising a fuss, to try to draw you away from their baby. But there were no parent robins in sight. I listened carefully but could hear no adult robins. I looked all around but could see no other robins.
I told Margie and brought her out to see. She said she had heard some robins earlier in the morning, on the wires in the northwest corner of the yard. I did not know what to do. It appeared the baby robin was helpless and that the parents had given up on it and abandoned it. But I did not know this for sure. There was nothing I could do for the baby robin but leave it alone and hope its parents came back for it. I took a couple of pictures, but did not touch it. Then I left it alone.
I checked back an hour later. The baby robin was gone. I could hear an adult robin chirping somewhere in the trees in the front yard. I do not know what happened. I hope it turned out okay and that the baby robin will get a chance to grow and to try to survive in this harsh world. I have no way to know.
Maybe a cat got it. Not one of my cats. Chicago never goes outside and I have not let Jim go out for weeks, precisely because I knew robins had nested in the yard. When he does go out, I chaperone him every minute.
Reader Comments (2)
A great photo!
Baby bird time. I saw a baby sparrow on the ground not long ago. Waited and watched to see if the parents came and got it. They did.
If not for anything atleast for your good heart I am sure the mom Robin took her back...