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sale in Washington market at one time.” This practice of eating “robin pie” ended with the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1916 and I am glad of it. The jiggling of the elm branch outside the window just announced the arrival of the robin at the nest. Incubation of robin eggs is about 12 days. Perhaps they are hatching.
One researcher determined that one robin nestling ate 68 earthworms in one day: stretched end to end, the worms measure 14 feet!
I just went out to check on the nest. The female is still incubating; I could see her bright yellow bill at the edge of the nest and her tail at the other side.
There is something distinctly American about the robin in his sense of confidently belonging were he finds himself.
I think of the robin as the great American bird, more so than the bald eagle or the wild turkey.
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