Hi, a robin's nest was created in our back yard in a tall metal lamp we have thats shaped like a palm tree. Each day I would look out the window and see the female robin sitting in the nest and the male robin flying back sometimes to bring food I assume. This morning I looked out and did not see the female in the nest but I was so sad to see 3 of the nestlings dead on the ground. I looked out a little later and saw the mother was back in the nest. I assume she may have another nestling in the nests? It's so sad to see the 3 nestlings dead on the ground. Should I attempt to move the dead nestlings?
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Baby robins fallen from nest (3 Viewers)
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Thanks for replying back and yes they are definitely dead.😢
Hi Naomi and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. How sad... I'm sorry to hear this. If you do decide to move the bodies, please try to make sure the female isn't on the nest first;; approach quietly and leave without looking into the nest. If there are any young left, that could cause them to panic and leave the nest early.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
Hi, Thank you for the information. The female was on the nest earlier, so I didnt go outside to disturb her, while her dead baby birds were laying on the ground under the nest. I work from home and when I checked on my break the dead birds were no longer on the ground. They had been laying there on the ground since I saw them early this morning. Not for sure if the female moved the bodies or what happened but the bodies are gone now. I even saw the father red cardinal come back to the nest earlier this morning with food in his mouth as the dead baby birds lay on the ground. I'm assuming there must be a baby bird still alive in the nest.
Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best and good luck.
Hi, it appears the mother came back to the nest and I thought there may be another nestling, but it appears there was another egg in the nest that didn't hatch when the others hatched. I guess the mother bird realized that last egg is not going to hatch and appears now to have abandoned the nest. Should we leave the egg in the nest and leave the nest there?
Hi everyone. Can someone answer my question regarding the abandoned egg left in the nest. I initially posted on 4/17/25 how 3 nestlings were dead on the ground under the birds nest. The mom came back to the nest so I assumed there was another nestling in the nest. The mother only stayed in the nest about 3 days after I noticed the 3 nestlings on the ground. It appears there was one egg that did not hatch with the others and the bird mom realized that egg is non-viable and will not hatch and left the nest and never returned. The nest is still present with the egg in it. Should we remove the nest and egg at this point or leave it. The nest is in a tall metal palm tree lamp on our patio. The bird nest was built in our palm tree lamp.
Hi again Naomi, sorry, I've been checking for information, which isn't easy as there are robin species all over the world, so getting the correct sites is important LOL. Two sites I looked at for American Robin, had conflicting views.....
1: they will build more nests on top of the previous one.
2: they don't re-use a nest
so take your pick from that (see if you can find a tie-breaker!)
If the nest is likely to be re-used, you could leave the egg there and the adults will remove it when refurbishing the nest for the new brood.
If they don't, then feel free to remove the nest and egg yourself, if you want to.
Hope this helps. If you do do your own research remember to make sure they are talking about American Robin, which is a completely different species to the ones found in Europe, Asia and Australia.
Thank you for the information. We will probably just leave the nest and egg where it is based on your information. Thank you!!
