Answers for Nicolaus

A long time ago, I started reading Electric Boogaloo and I keep reading it because the way Tiffany writes about her kids makes it clear that she is totally in love with them and yet she is never maudlin. She writes well and her kids are fascinating little people, and I left a comment there the other day with a link to this blog in it, because her son finds the world a marvelous place full of fantastic secrets that yay! he gets to learn about! and I thought he would like it.

And then he totally made my day by leaving me a comment.

And he had a few questions.

1. Do the babies know that anyone is filming them? I think probably so! They're peeking out and looking all around.

I think that they think the camera is part of the house, but every time I zoom in or change the focus or change the angle, the mama gives it a very stern look as if to say "You stay away from my babies, whatever you are!"

2. Do they sound like beepbeep beep??

They don't make any sound at all. Today I left the window open that is very close to their nest, but I didn't hear any sounds at all, even though the parents were feeding them all evening. I think that if they were noisy, they would be easier for predators to find.

If you want to hear what adult robins sound like, this is a good link:

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/Vocalizations.html

The warning sounds the adults make when we get too close are like the "peep and tut" and "whinny" sound on that website.

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