I think I caused a catastrophe…just after taking this picture (can you see the fear in their little eyes?) I decided to try and move the house just a tiny bit…
THE BABIES FLEW OUT!!!!!!!!!!! Were they flying already or did I just force fly them out??
OMG…I am the worst birdie Granny EVER.
I have gone out and checked and the Mom is chirping away in the yard, but the babies are nowhere near. I am going to pretend they are flying around, that I didn’t force them out and they already were, but right now I just have a damn empty nest…
I feel so empty inside…
Update!!!!!!!!!!!! The babies are flying around the yard :)
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Don’t worry, Princess… if they weren’t ready to leave, they would have just cowered down in the nest. I have some wildlife news of my own… one of the skunks that drops by nightly now comes when I call it! A few peanuts go a long way!
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Sometimes it is always best to leave well alone..even with the best of intentions.
I do hope that Mother Bird will find her babies again!
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Don’t feel bad Donna – they are probably getting on with birdie life somewhere else in your garden!
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I’m sure the birdies will be all right. How high up is the birdhouse?
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about 7 feet off the ground, three feet out from my front porch…
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ooooh. How cute! I remember witnessing a humming bird busy making it’s nest right in front of my desk, with just glass separating us. I saw 2 eggs hatch, and little teeny things and watched feedings all unbeknowst to the birds. Eventually, I saw one fly off and shortly thereafter, the other couldn’t be out done, so he/she too flew off…SO FAST. No practice runs. Why couldn’t “learning to walk” be like that?
Sandi
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Lake Forest, CA USA
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Awwww, don’t sweat it girlie!
BTW, love the new fonts and stuff!
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Thanks Bren :)
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