Monday, May 13, 2013

empty nesters

Our little birdies have flown away. We've really enjoyed watching them grow, but we are all ready to move on the the next phase of life.

 5/6
getting crowded
 
 5/7
everytime we look at the nest we can see the beaks sticking out and mouths open wide
 
 5/8
piled on top of each other
 
 5/9
the first baby has left the nest
 
 5/10
tired of my picture taking
 
 5/11
about one second after I took this picture the bird on the right took flight
 
 5/12
finally has the nest to himself
 
5/13
empty
 
It's nice having our porch back. Every time we've gone out the past two weeks the mother bird has squacked at us menacingly from a nearby tree. Our deck is also full of bird turds which has curbed my desire to go out there recreationally with the kids. Now we've got to get out there and clean!

2 comments:

Tina said...

Are you going to get rid of the nest itself, or are you going to plan for the birds to return next spring? I'll bet it was fun to watch, but it won't be so fun to clean up!

The Cunninghams said...

Noah really liked your documentation, he'll be excited to see this tomorrow. Thanks for sharing!