Robins Raise a Brood in a Hurry

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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A whirlwind of family activity... again and again.

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0:00.0	This is Bird Note.
0:07.0	When it comes to raising a family and getting them out of the house, American Robbins have got it down.
0:15.0	Day one, a male and female mate in the spring.
0:23.7	Day eight, approximately, the females built a nest of grass and mud.
0:28.4	A few days later, she's laying. Four days, four eggs.
0:33.4	She sits on them for 18 hours a day, and they hatch. It's been about three weeks.
0:42.5	Both parents frantically feed the nestlings, each chick about 40 times a day.
0:48.1	More than three pounds of food in total until the big day.
0:52.0	The four nestlings hop out of the nest.
0:56.1	Mom and dad tend and feed them for another three weeks and then they're on their own, fully fledged at two months? Time for the parents
1:03.6	to take a well-deserved break, right? Not a chance.
1:12.1	Most robins raise two sets of young each season, and sometimes a third.
1:19.0	So the female lays another clutch of eggs, and the entire family whirlwind begins again.
1:27.4	Today's show brought to you by the Bobbling Foundation. For bird note... whirlwind begins again.
1:30.1	Today's show brought to you by the Bobbling Foundation.
1:32.4	For Bird Note, I'm Michael Stein.

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