<P> The chicks are fed worms, insects, and berries . Waste accumulation does not occur in the nest because adults collect and take it away . Chicks are fed, and then raise tails for elimination of waste, a solid white clump that is collected by a parent prior to flying off . All chicks in the brood leave the nest within two days of each other . Even after leaving the nest, the juveniles will follow their parents around and beg food from them . Juveniles become capable of sustained flight two weeks after fledging . </P> <P> The adult male and female both are active in protecting and feeding the fledged chicks until they learn to forage on their own . The adult robin gives alarm calls and dives in a threatening manner towards creatures it considers potential predators, such as approaching cats, dogs and humans . The fledglings are able to fly short distances after leaving the nest . The wings of juvenile birds develop rapidly, and it only takes a couple of weeks for them to become proficient at flying . The cryptically colored young birds perch in bushes or trees for protection from predators . </P> <P> Bird banders have found that only 25% of young robins survive the first year . The longest known lifespan in the wild of an American robin is 14 years; the average lifespan is about 2 years . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> Newly hatched chick among unhatched young </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Chicks </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Nest amidst human habitat </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Sequence of dated images showing the progress from eggs to flight in three weeks </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Newly hatched chicks </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Chick </P> </Li> <Li> <P> American robin in Rhode Island </P> </Li> <Li> <P> American robin (juvenile) in Ontario </P> </Li> </Ul>

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