So I moved the nest today. I think the babies are screwed. There were three baby robins (apparently they don't really look like robins until they're older). The nest was up on the second floor in the soffit. As soon as I touched the nest, all three of them bailed out and flew straight down. One of them flew into a bush, one of them hid somewhere else and one of them sat on the sidewalk.
I brought the nest to a tree and went inside and watched to see if they'd go to the nest, which they didn't. I eventually figured that either they can't fly upwards or that they considered the nest tainted or something.
I slowly approached the one on the sidewalk and he let me pick him up but he started squirming and chirping which drew the attention of all the adult robins in the vicinity.
They all started chirping at me and basically freaking out.
I put the baby in the nest and he promptly flew down to the lawn and all the robins surrounded him in a protective way.
They basically just sat there after that. The other baby in the bush didn't move and the mother just sat with the baby on the lawn looking scared.
Too bad. I think they're screwed.
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