chick-chick-chicadees!!!!!

[ginbart]

Now that's some nice babies. Thanks

Thanks for the pics.

 

[suebee]

Yes, great pics! So you can lift the top off your bird house? So neat!

 

[tinychicky]

now they are nearly fully fledged!

 

[tinychicky]

only a day after the last photo was taken, the babies are flying! how do i know? well when i went to open the birdhouse, one hopped out and landed on my wrist! then it fluttered to the ground, hop-flied a few paces and looked up at me. i tried to get it to hop onto my finger so i could put it back in the nest, but it hissed at me and puffed itself up. i stepped back and both parents flew down beside the fledgling, then took off again. they were teaching it to fly! i watched it flutter a few times then fly to the branch the nest box was hung on. it seemed pretty worn out by then and hopped back into the bird house. soon the other four healthy babies will learn to fly too!

 

[LeBlackbird]

Cool! Hopfully my Carolina Wrens will catch up

 

[tinychicky]

awww, they flew away! the nest is now empty, although i often see the new fledglings hopping among the trees. hopefully they will survive to have babies of their own next year!