Baby Robins

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While a couple of Yard Dogs were trimming back creeping vines from the side of our house they discovered a robin’s nest with four newborn chicks. Jeanine had them stop work to preserve the nest and pointed it out to me when I returned from work. I found the chicks extremely weak and with no parents in sight. I decided that the extremely high temperature and loss of shade on their nest had left them dehydrated. I used a straw as a pipette to give them each some water. They all perked up and I was able to get this close-up of one of them. Hopefully, their parents will return and they will still be alive tomorrow.