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Hi there, Last year my Mom and Dad were intrigued when a pair of Blue Jays built a nest in the vines outside their kitchen window in Bedford. The nest was higher than eye level so we couldn't look right into it, but we did watch the parents as they came and went. However, the jays were very wary of observers inside the kitchen, and furtive in their movements. They successfully brought off several fledglings. This spring a pair of American Robins discovered the nest and refurbished it to suit themselves. I didn't think robins would do this. Like the jays, they react when the light goes on in the kitchen or when they realize we are looking at them. At first they would sometimes get spooked and flit away. Often I have caught sight of one on its way to the nest, its bill full of worms. It would freeze, framed by wisteria blossoms, as it perched in the vines below the nest, watching us as we watched it. The nestlings are larger and very insistent now, so the parent birds are more inclined to ignore us. I was over this evening for Sunday dinner, and the racket the young birds made every time a parent arrived was audible inside the house. There seem to be four young birds - it won't be long before they fledge. Cheers, Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax
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