Mockingbird Babies, Two Days Later
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It is astounding to me how much of a difference two days makes in the lives of the Mockingbird babies that in the nest outside my front door.
If you read my previous post about the mockingbirds, you will remember that there were four, but one of the babies slipped out of the nest due to wind tilting the nest. He died as a result. I put on gloves and carefully removed him, buried him, and then noticed that once the dead baby was gone from the nest, the parents resumed feeding the remaining three. I suppose the dead bird in the next had been upsetting them, because they had stopped feeding the chicks.
Anyway, this picture as taken today and you can tell how much more developed the feathers are. Also, instead of just asking to be fed when I came bear the nest, this time the chicks squawked unhappily at me. I’ll have to back off from now on.
It is a blessing to have the birds right outside the front door. This front row seat to God’s springtime nature broadcast is just amazing.
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