Although very hard to see there is a small robin in the nest in this spruce tree. This is the second batch of babies for this year. There were 3 of them however, to my amazement, a hawk flew in and grabbed one of the babies that were left untended while the mother was getting food for them. As soon as the mother robin saw the hawk she chased it away but by then the baby was gone. Perhaps the second baby suffered the same fate. The mother robin sat and called for many hours after the attack to no avail. A sad tale for the mother robin and the chick but the hawk had a great dinner.
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