The babies are here!

Well, 3/4 anyways. They hatched sometime between yesterday evening and early this afternoon. It's amazing that they were all scrunched up in those little eggs. They are already hopping around and following the mom and dad around.

I didn't even notice until I zoomed on this last picture that the egg is cracking. The sun was bright and the mama and daddy bird weren't too happy about me taking pictures of their new arrivals. There are probably four babies out there now!

Sad News

I'm afraid something has gotten the little birds. I went out to check the nest today and it is empty. I did hear the father bird in the tree. We had a bad storm last night. The nest is closer to the ground. I did not find anything (remains or such), but the fact that there was nothing there makes me fear the worst has happened.

Guess who's here???

This morning I went out to the garden to get some tomatoes and I was met with this nice surprise! I was so excited I went running back into the house.