Wreck of The Robin's Nest

Sadly, yesterday morning, Tuesday, the nest was empty, at least a week early. There were a few small feathers on the railing next to the nest. A critter, raccoon, fox, or similar creature found the nest and emptied the contents. Mother robin was on the roof with food in her mouth but there was nothing to feed. We don't think it was a cat because we never see any in the neighborhood. In hind sight it was not a good location because of access to the nest via the railing. Today the nest was partially torn as if a returnee came to see if there was anything else. The lesson from this is that it is a tough world and we will need to overcome many unseen obstacles to survive. The prophet Isaiah speaks of fleeing birds and scattered nestlings and it would appear that is what we have here. I have no doubt that this robin family will regroup and rebuild in a safer place. Let us hope that is the case. Many of us humans have done so and will continue to build again, much like what the Israelites said about the wall at Jerusalem. "Let us arise and build", they said. The birds survived a terrific hail and wind storm the previous night-we saw mother robin sitting on the nest. Many in Oklahoma and Kansas did not survive and encountered severe property destruction and death in some cases from parts of the same storm.