It's been a while since we've updated our blog, my friends. A lot has happened since we last met. First, we'll start off with our new fluffy friends. Katherine and I had the pleasure of watching fresh baby birdies grow from Day 1 until they "flew the coupe"! Katherine was tending to our plants as she does nearly every day when she found a surprise. A nest had been built in our hanging begonia plant on the front porch! Now, I'm not a bird watcher, so I have no idea what kind of birds these are, but it was really cool watching them and photographing them grow and transform over about a 10 day period from little blobs into actual feathered birds capable of flying and taking care of themselves. For humans it takes about 20 years, for birds....10 days....amazing. Here is what we saw on Day 1, May 3 2008.
Not much to look at yet. It's hard to make out the details, but what you see there in the first photo is 5 very recently hatched baby birds.
Fast forward to Day 6, May 8 2008
You can see the beaks have formed and the heads are a little more defined.
Day 7, May 9 2008
Day 10, May 12 2008
It's amazing how these little fellows have grown in 10 days. This is the last shot I got of them before they found their wings. During their stay in our Begonia plant, we checked in on them everyday. We had a huge storm with high winds, so I moved the hanging plant to a more protected part of the porch so they wouldn't get blown away with the wind. We found out that Begonia's can handle several days with little to no water (we couldnt very well dump a bunch of water on the little birdies). It was a really cool thing to witness up close.
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