
The top photo is of a Robin on her nest in one of the fruit trees on the Tucker Farm. The bottom 3 photos show a Kill Deer bird and her eggs. They lay them on the ground and guard them, not by sitting on them but by distracting the predator by running away and pretending to be injured. What is amazing is that 24 hrs. after the babies hatch, the babies run out of the nest and continue to be guarded by the distractions of their parents. It is quite difficult to find the babies after they have hatched...thus no photos.