This Saturday’s Recipes by The Pioneer Woman
4 years ago
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
We have chicks!!
This morning DD was having a rough start and everything was going wrong. Then she innocently and quietly asked me if she could look out into the bird's nest to "see if the chicks hattcheded". Well, to my shock they have!! There were little chicks in there. They don't have any feathers in there and barely resemble a bird but they are there. I did some reading on the Robins today. Apparently they will dive bomb any threats to their offspring. I think the only thing saving me from being 'dive bombed' is the fact that we have a covered deck. It would be very hard for the bird to dive bomb me. The bird has become more daring and harder to get her to move out of her nest. I was able to get a picture of the momma bird in her nest and some cool pictures of her children. They will be in the nest for about 12 days before they are ready to move on. I am excited to see these chicks transform. The experience this morning changed the course of the day for DD as she was in a fantastic mood calling her dad and Grammy to tell them all about the 'chicks'! Life is beautiful!!
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Don't ya love it?! We have a Purple Martin house with 3 or 4 Martin pairs living there. Before long they will have their nests built and will begin laying eggs... Eggs that Bryan and the kids will count everyday (they generally lay one a day). Once they hatch, Bryan and the boys will check on the babies everyday, watching the progression from "barely resembling birds", to getting a little feathery, to finally being beautiful little birds learning to fly. If Alex would like to check our birds too, let me know. It's fascinating. No worries about dive bombings with Martins. They seem to appreciate Bryan's parenting!!!
ReplyDeleteOlivia loved the pictures and shouted, "Hey that's a Robin, Alex is so lucky." She also asked why you were keeping them in a box, she was confused by the wood from the deck.
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