
Second, on May 24 I posted about a family of robins that had moved in just outside our kitchen door, on top of the light fixture. In that post, I mentioned that the baby birds were growing fast and would probably fly the coop soon, and sure enough, within a few days they were gone. After a couple of weeks, when it became apparent they weren't coming back, we removed the empty nest from under the awning. And no sooner had we done so than a new nest appeared to take its place, and a new mama bird took up her post. This one's another robin, a bit smaller than the previous one, and with a somewhat smaller and trimmer nest. The picture's a bit fuzzy—I couldn't get too close for fear of scaring her off, so I had to zoom in as best I could—but you can make out her little head poking up over the edge of the nest and peering at me.
Looks like at our residence, the whole thing antique is new once more.