Abandoned Chick?

This baby robin was crying out loudly in the

bush outside my kitchen window this afternoon.

Then he disappeared.

Later I was picking blackberries in the nearby

woods and- there he was.  He even stayed put

while I ran in for my camera, then posed quietly

for a few pictures.

I wonder where his mother was, and why he is

so young so late in the summer.  Hope he learns

to survive before winter sets in...