American Robins 2 - Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

2022 - July 14 - July 15

Quite the pleasant discovery, for someone as interested in birds as I have been lately, to find a Robin's nest, with two fairly new hatchlings in it, right in the front yard of the house here. I'm not sure what day(s) they hatched on, but I became aware of them at about 4:00 PM on Thursday, July 14th. Naturally I felt compelled to get some photos of them, but this was a bit of tricky situation photo wise. From around the entire perimeter of the tree, in which the birds were housed, there was only one somewhat decent sightline to view the nest from. This sightline was far from perfect though, as one thin branch in particular with about five leaves on the end of it would be ever challenging to work around. Also, another thicker branch caused a bit of trouble for viewing things even a little higher up (the area directly above the nest). You'll see what I'm meaning within the vast majority of the photos. As long as the birds stayed low down within the nest the photos turned out pretty good for the most part. Once they reached up though, and stretched out, for feeding time is when I wasn't very successfully with the photos. The other thing I found to be somewhat challenging to work around, while taking these pictures, was the lighting situation. Most of the earlier photos you'll see within these galleries were taken on bright, sunny, cloudless days, making for harsh tonal/dynamic range..super bright highlights and deep dark shadows, especially when the subject(s) are located deep into a tree right at its trunk/base..quite dark in there.
As always, with every gallery I create on this website, the photos are shown in the same order in which they were captured.

DAY 1 - July 14th
American Robin hatchling asleep, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchling asleep, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 14th

These young birds do have a pretty difficult time staying awake.
American Robin hatchling half asleep, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchling half asleep, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 14th

Not exactly sure what's going on here (below)..I'm going to assume waste removal..don't need the nest getting all messed up now do we?
American Robin (female) with hatchling (back end), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchling (back end), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 14th

American Robin hatchling, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchling, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 14th

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 14th

The birds are looking pretty scrawny at this point..cute though.
American Robins, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robins, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 14th

DAY 2 - July 15th
American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings being fed, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

Not great, but you can get a pretty decent view of their little bodies in the next couple of shots (below) as they stretch out somewhat.
American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female) with hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin (female), Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB

American Robin hatchlings, Bridlewood, Calgary, AB - July 15th

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