Birds, Birds, and more Birds!

There appears to be another chick in the finch nest! Of course, with them all writhing around, it's hard to be sure.

We also have a Robin's nest. It's on this ledge on our house right under the roof, behind the gutter drain pipe. The mother had been sitting for a long time now. I haven't seen any chicks, but sometimes it appears that the parents are feeding something.

I hope to be able to see the Robin chicks once they are bigger. They are just so small at first that it's hard to see. We had another Robin's nest last year, as some of my readers may recall. ( Robin Chicks! Robin Chick Learns to Fly (video) ).

We also have a Cardinal nest. The mother is so skittish it took me a while to confirm that it was a Cardinal nest, but I snuck up on her the other day.

There are two eggs in the nest and (sadly) one egg lying on the ground. The nest is in the same bush as the Mourning Dove nest last year (Mourning Dove Pics! The Moment You've All Been Waiting For! ), so the nest will be fairly easy to observe, although it's higher up then the doves were.

It will be so fun to watch them grow their feathers.

I'll keep you posted on the three nests.

A trip to the farm

A huge succulent plant.

Inside a Peewee's nest

A wildflower bouquet (sadly, the daylilies are dead).

Can you tell what the tiny creature on my arm is?

Barn swallow chicks inside their nest.

Those were several pictures of the flora and fauna around my grandparent's farm. I also have a video of their dog Stubby (10-year-old "Borgi" dog) eating pancakes (one of his favorite treats and the only 'human' food he ever gets.)

After this video was taken, Stubby buried the pancake that he didn't eat.

Mourning Dove Pics!

I decided to post some pictures after all. By the way, the second chick is named Paradox. (We call the squabs Pippin and Perry for short.) My brother named Perry. I hope you enjoy these pictures!

Pippin and Perry, yet unhatched

Pippin (one day old) with Perry in egg

Another shot of Pippin and unhatched Perry

Pippin (two days old) and Perry (one day old)

Another picture from the same day

Dovey, Pippin (3 days old) and Perry (two days old)

A cute picture taken on the same day

I haven't taken any pictures today, but I will try to.

Another Nest!

Well, a few days ago I noticed a mourning dove that kept flying out of a certain small bush. I finally found the nest: a tiny rather sloppy thing. As is characteristic of "mourners" the dove laid two tiny eggs in the nest.

On Wednesday evening I saw what appeared to be a beak poking out of one of the eggs. Yesterday, I found one egg and one squab!

Today there appeared to be two squabs (I love that word) beneath the mother dove.

The mother dove has the simple name of "Dovey". (Mom named her) the first chick has the name of "Peregrine" (I named him). The second chick has yet to be named (but I have an idea.)

By the way, I have pictures, but I am going to continue to take them every day or two and post the photos all at once.