Here's why they call it Robin's Egg Blue

I was telling my Mom and BC the other day on the phone that a bird has inhabited the awning on my front porch...brown belly, charcoal otherwise... but i wasn't sure what kind of bird it was. Mom suggested a Robin, and sure enough, i just looked in the nest and it is chock full of Robin's eggs. Everytime i open the front door or go to get the mail, the mama bird flies away, not too far, and then comes right back (i watch her out the window or thru the screen door). I'll have some chirping babies soon!