As Phoebe Peterson went out to check the mail box one day she found a surprise.
‘I found a bird’s nest behind a tree at the side of a driveway,? she said.
The birds nest contained three baby robin eggs
Her mom, Tammy said there wasn’t a good place to put the nest back in the tree, so instead they left it over night on the widow sill, but the mother robin never returned.
‘Phoebe had the idea of getting the old Lizard habitat out, and putting the nest in that,? said Tammy.
After making a call to the Howell Nature Preserve, they found out that it’s illegal to raise birds in Michigan because they migrant birds are protected. The conservancy told Tammy after the birds hatch, they need to be fed moist cat food.
‘Birds have to be on special formula for 14 days and fed every 15 minutes,? said Tammy. ‘We’ll bring them their tomorrow and then they’ll say we can call everyday to see how they’re doing.?
Phoebe along with her younger siblings Elena and Karston all picked out an egg and put dots on them, to see whose would hatch first. Their cousin Avabella Nickola was the first one who noticed one of the eggs hatched.
‘I like think it’s cool when they hatch they bring new life into the world,? said Nickola.
‘It was Karston’s egg that hatched,? said Tammy. ‘He named his baby robin ‘King.??
Elena said they did a study at school with bird eggs.
‘We took chick eggs and when we put them in the incubator they hatched and we got to hold them,? she said. ‘Only two of the ten eggs hatched.?
The conservancy also told Tammy because the mother robin spent so much time building the nest, she knows it’s hers by ‘every little thing she put on it.?
‘We had some hay last year and I think some of the hay is in the nest,? said Phoebe.
Elena said her favorite thing about birds are listening to them chirp. Tammy says her kids get their love for birds from their father Eric Peterson who is a ‘birder.? She said spend the summers in Manitoulin Canada on 400 acres where they have bird houses up all over.
As far as saving the lives of three little baby robins Phoebe says ‘I feel good about it.?