Bird Nursery

For a few months now,

we have had the privilege to watch

2 families of baby birds.

It started back in April

and my grandmother thoroughly

enjoyed watching the mommy

sitting on her nest

when my mom and grandmother

came to visit back in April.

The first babies left the nest

while we were away on our 

mini vacation to Dallas in May.

We missed watching them leave the nest.

A second family of birds

took over the nest 

within days of the first 

babies vacating the nest.

This time we were around to see them

leave the nest

and it was somewhat traumatic!!

We woke up one morning

to find 2 of the babies on hunkered down

on the patio

then he wandered toward the house

to find some safety...

he managed to get in between the screen

and the back door.

and the third teetering on the edge of the nest.

I wasn't sure if they had fallen out

or if they were out voluntarily.

We were cleaning up the kitchen

and one of the boys noticed

that the third baby was upside down 

on the patio with its wings spread.

I was a little worried.

I got up the nerve to go out

and dodge the 

screaming

 and 

divebombing

momma & daddy birds

and 

flipped it over using a cloth.

It scampered off to hide under the little rocker

on the patio.

So it seemed ok.

Unfortunately,

when the hubs got home later 

he found it had made its way off of the patio

and was under the kids slide...

it had not survived.  

So out of 11 eggs that have been laid 

in that nest,

only 6 have survived 

to leave the shelter of the patio.

So now,

family #3 has moved in.

There are 5 more eggs...
I took this picture a few weeks ago

And last Sunday, we noticed that they have hatched...

This is our third set of baby birds this summer,

and the excitement hasn't died down.

It always so wonderful 

to see their little heads 

and hear those little peeps!