This weekend, and two weeks back I was not able to cut. The maternity ward is open.
Baby oriole, fresh from the nest. He could not fly yet to a shrub to get out of harms way. I spotted the nest 25' up in the Norway maple with frantic parents feeding at least one in the nest and two on the ground. The nest is like a woven hanging basket. I knew they were nesting nearby, but I was not able to locate it.
Two weeks back baby robin spent a good part of the day in the lawn and later did several attempts to crash land into the shrubs.
We had a robin's nest in the front shrubs and a few crows came and took the babies and did away with them. A neighbor witnessed that incident. Blue Jays are known to do that too.
There is a nesting pair of doves that are on their third attempt at a nest. The first nest fell apart and the eggs fell out. The second one on the front porch looked good until we had a stretch of 90 degree weather and I think the babies dehydrated. The current nest is in the grape vines out back which has been a good spot in the past few years.
Baby oriole, fresh from the nest. He could not fly yet to a shrub to get out of harms way. I spotted the nest 25' up in the Norway maple with frantic parents feeding at least one in the nest and two on the ground. The nest is like a woven hanging basket. I knew they were nesting nearby, but I was not able to locate it.
Two weeks back baby robin spent a good part of the day in the lawn and later did several attempts to crash land into the shrubs.
We had a robin's nest in the front shrubs and a few crows came and took the babies and did away with them. A neighbor witnessed that incident. Blue Jays are known to do that too.
There is a nesting pair of doves that are on their third attempt at a nest. The first nest fell apart and the eggs fell out. The second one on the front porch looked good until we had a stretch of 90 degree weather and I think the babies dehydrated. The current nest is in the grape vines out back which has been a good spot in the past few years.
