Ok, I'm almost wordless this week! I posted pictures of a nest with eggs in it a week or two ago. Below you will see a photo of the first little baby bird that hatched. The mommy bird loves aluminum foil and nicely wallpapered her home with it. The baby bird, however, is not so interested in home decor, but he is very interested in being fed! The little bird kept stretching his little neck up to open his beak. Then when his head got too heavy, he just slumped over. It was a little bit funny to watch him doing that over and over.
I had never really thought much about what newly-hatched birds look like. I'm sure different kinds of birds look different, but this poor littla fella isn't very attractive without his feathers! I'll try to post more pictures in the following days and weeks as he grows if Mommy bird will allow me to get close enough to take more photos. (That's a pictures of Mommy Bird sitting on her baby bird the same day that the baby bird hatched.)
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Oh how neat you are getting to see it!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's so much fun!! We go out every day and take more photos. They are growing so quickly! Now they have wing feathers and tail feathers, but are naked other than that. Rather ugly, but in a cute sort of way. ;) We actually got them out and held them today. I'll probably post those photos next week. And evidently it's not true that the mother bird won't take care of her babies if she smells that people have touched the nest or the baby birds. The mommy bird watched us sometimes (from a distance) while we see and touch the little birds, and she's taking very good care of them.
ReplyDeletewow!!! how very cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's been so neat seeing them each day and watching how they grow. We'll post more pictures another day.
DeleteLast year, my oldest found a little bird in the street - he already had fluff covering him - but we raised him for four weeks! So sweet. Isn't it amazing what we find for our kids to learn from ;)
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