A Week of Birdies

After a week of nest watching...

Day One: One to Go

Day Two

Day Three: Hungry?

Day Four:  That can't be comfortable...

Day Five

Day Six: I almost forgot this day, had to run out at dark.

Day Seven:  Hey, they actually ARE birds.  You can even tell now.

Only A Mother Could Love...

In this case, I guess Papa Mockingbird loves them too.  I think there are two little birdies there.  Puny little creatures, aren't they?  They kind of look all mixed up.  I managed one photo that had the cutest little beak peeping up, except it kind of looked like a nest sonogram. You know, grainy, blobby, and you needed a bit of imagination.

Oh heck, I'll throw it in and you can use your imagination:

The eggs hatched today.  I was tipped off by the long worm hanging out of a parental mouth.  Made me think perhaps there were youngins to feed.  And, so there were.  Curious to see if the third egg will do anything. 

In any case, Happy Birthday Young Mockingbirds.  Good luck with the fledging. 

Mockingbird Blue

It's garden season.  This means there is much too much to do outside for me to be inside computering.

I'm very excited about watching one of our mockingbird couples sit on these egglings.  Mom and Dad Mockingbird were kind enough to build this nest quite low so I should be able to sneak a few photos of their progress. Hopefully, they'll be safe.  It's a wild world out there.