Why has the mother stopped sitting on the nest at night?
I’m trying to figure out if a nest of robins has been abandoned. Can you tell if when the babies are bigger the mother or father stays on the nest at night or do they roost elsewhere? For the past few nights I’ve notice that the babies are alone (I can them see out of a window) and haven’t seen an adult around them for several days. Should I be concerned? A. By the time the babies are about a week old, the nest is getting crowded, and the babies are capable of keeping themselves warm, all snuggled together. At this point the mother robin starts sleeping on a tree branch again. If she is a wary mother, you might not see her feeding the young because robins are so fearful of alerting predators that they simply don’t go near the nest if they notice anyone observing them.
