I discovered the nest empty on June 1. This is the last picture I took on May 29. I have to assume the chicks fledged as the nest did not look disturbed and I have seen the parents around the yard quite a bit. I have seen a few young ones staying close to the thickets, coming out to get a few bites from parents. With so many around right now, it’s impossible to tell if any are from this nest. 🙂 Click on picture to enlarge.
There are three nests of starlings (that I know of) in our yard and our neighbor’s. I can see the openings in the trees and have been waiting for a glimpse of the chicks. I finally was able to see them yesterday. I also watched a woodpecker feed her/his young. The robins are doing quite well also. Very nice! Click on pictures to enlarge.
It was nearly dark, so they are not the best pictures, but wow, the cute! Click on pictures to enlarge.
When I visited the nest this morning, there was a juvenile eagle on a tree nearby. One of the parents was calling out and seemed very disturbed. I assumed he/she was calling for the other to come and run off the intruder. I didn’t see the eaglet and was a bit worried. I hoped she/he was keeping his/her head down in case of trouble (I’ve seen the young ones do this when the parents seem agitated). So, we went back later this afternoon. Not only was everything fine, we discovered there are two eaglets in the nest! Click on pictures to enlarge.
We still can’t see much of him/her, but we saw a little wing action today. Click on picture to enlarge.
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While this may not be one of the babies that fledged from the nest over our porch light, I like to think so.
Click on the picture to see an explosion of cuteness.
Our robins are leaving us, out of the nest, wandering around. This one was perched on one of our car tires. Not sure I’m going to be going anywhere today.
Operation Wildlife gave us great information on how to be the best “guardians” for the little fledglings. Please donate if you can.
