Dick Grayson, a member of the Flying Graysons acrobat team, was first taken under Batman's wing in April of 1940, under the crimefighting guise of Robin, the Boy Wonder.
In 1948 Burt Baskins and Irv Robins created their 31st ice cream flavor, chocolate mint, and the Baskin-Robins franchise began (in fact, one of our favorite bloggers used to scoop ice cream for the chain!).
In 1958 Bobby Day flew up to #2 on the Billboard Top 100 list with the song "Rockin' Robin." Tweet, tweet!
Female robins build nests out of mud and twigs and typically fill them with 2 to 4 eggs. Nests are usually at least 5 feet off the ground, and out of the way of nature's potentially harmful elements.
In lieu of a suitable tree branch, the top of an old stepladder leaning against the wall of a house with a large overhang will do just fine:
In two weeks or less these newly laid eggs will hatch and Mama Robin will have herself four little "nestlings."Two weeks after that the babies will have grown feathers and will be ready to fly the coop, graduating to the label of "fledgling."
From there they can expect to live a happy, fruit-and-worm-ful six-years (longer, if they can avoid predators, malnourishment, and recently polished sliding glass doors).
The color of robin eggs is so unique that is has its own name...but this is not the first time robin's egg blue has made its way onto our posts.
I had another picture lined up for today's post, but this colorful arrangement of eggs was just too good to sit on!
Thanks for the info:
http://web.mac.com/wildlifeweb/Robin-Facts/
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/About/OurHistory.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Grayson
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