My wife and I recently moved to the Bentonville Arkansas area and have had a robin build a nest on the corner post of a backyard pergola upright that's under roof eaves. She laid an egg but then was spooked out of the nest by my opening the back door. We've avoided doing that since then but it has now been a week since we've seen the robin at the nest at all. And night temperatures have dropped do the upper 50s/lower 60s during that time. Since we're retired and one of us is always home during the day and evening, we're concerned that she may have abandoned the nest and egg.
How long will a robin leave the nest with an egg in it but not have abandoned it? A week seems a bit long but we're new to robin behavior. Any help would be appreciated.
How long will a robin leave the nest with an egg in it but not have abandoned it? A week seems a bit long but we're new to robin behavior. Any help would be appreciated.
Ah, well.
