Sunday, June 26, 2011

Welcome to Life!

There's a lot of new life at my house! It's very exciting! (: We have had a bird's nest in our tree house thing, on our playground. There have been four eggs in there for awhile, a beautiful robin egg blue color, but we didn't think much of it. We've had eggs in there pretty much every year for a while. But this is the first year they've hatched!!! (: They hatched a few days ago. And they're all still alive! They're just darling. It's been fun to go check on them every day. The mom's very protective, and she hates it when we go look at them. She squaks like crazy and flies at jet speeds towards you, it's kind of terrifying. So we just wait until she's gone to go see them.

Here's their life by the day:
Day 1-

This is what they looked like right after they hatched. They aren't too pretty... (: That's ok though. Hatching is a tough process.

Day 2-

Starting to get a little bit of feathers!

Day 3-
Starting to look like birds!

Day 4- 
Their beaks are pretty developed! When I went out there to take this picture, their eyes weren't open still, but they could hear me, and they just kept opening their mouths, hoping I'd brought them worms!! It was pretty cute. (:

Day 5-

We've got wings!!! (:

Day 6 (today)-


They look totally like birds now! Their faces don't even look baby-ish! They could be like, legit adult birds! They're still really small though, and can't fly yet. I'm excited to see them learn! Isn't it absolutely CRAZY how fast they've developed?! I can't believe how much they keep changing over night.

This is their very dedicated mother. All of the other eggs we've had were deserted by their mothers. But not these ones!


What a fun adventure!! (: I love having baby birds.

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