Farewell to Baby Birds

We got to watch the four baby birds each rise up from their nest and fly away. First was Mark and then Jocelyn followed closely behind. Each would fluff its wings, start flapping and then drop out of the nest. Mark-bird was a strong flier right out of the nest and made it all the way to the orange tree. Jocelyn-bird flew to the net on the trampoline and then tried again and eventually made it into the trees. Blake bird fell to the ground, tried again, kept falling down and eventually landed in the shrubs. We got a picture of the last baby bird leaving the nest, Brent-bird. He had been chirping to his siblings, but none of them replied, so we think he decided to go after them. He flew all the way to the trees on his first try! We hope all the birds are happy and safe wherever their bird-lives may take them.

The last of the baby birds in the nest - Brent-bird.

And this is the mess they left behind...YUCK!!!

It was fun to watch our baby birds hatch from egg to flying birds. But now that we are cleaning up the mess, we will enjoy this experience only in photos!