Today, four bluebird babies hatched from their eggs!!! They are so ugly yet so adorable! They are tiny gray "things" with very little hair whose beaks appear to be the biggest part of their bodies! I told the boys that we could only check on them once a day so that we don't disturb Mama Bluebird too often, but I have been sneaking out the door several times this evening to make sure all is well in the nest. There is still one egg that hasn't hatched.
Both Mama and Papa are tending their babies. I know this because Mama flies out of the nest each time we open the front door. Even though she seems to trust me, when I brought the camera out tonight to try getting a picture of her babies, she summoned Papa, and he perched on the tree by the porch, then starting flying about and chirping loudly like I have never heard before. I assured them I just wanted a photo, took the picture, then left them alone for the night.
Here are pictures of our new neighbors, the Bluebird family. Some are blurry, but at least you can see "our babies"! They were all taken in the evening when the lighting is not at all favorable for clear pictures with our camera. One picture is of the eggs, one is of Mama, and the other is a picture of the newborns.
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