It's just amazing to me that a tiny chick can emerge from an egg & in five days, fly away! We're experienced now with how this event unfolds on our front porch. Sunday morning, when I went out to water, I almost poured water on the tiny fledgling below, already out of the nest!
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| The most adventuresome of the chicks~ |
Looking closer - another - in the photo below - was sitting on the opposite side of the basket.
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| Chick #2 |
The third, was still in the nest & was probably the last to hatch. He was still there this morning when I left home. Butch had seen the male come by with food earlier. By the time I got home this afternoon, the final chick was gone & that was a relief - after what we went through last year - trying to get "little Joe" to take flight!
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| Daddy in the Walnut~ |
Last evening, the male spent a lot of time hanging around the porch, trying to convince the last chick to join the rest of the family. He posed for me several times, but when I saw him land on the sign I had to laugh out loud! Yes, Cardinals can read! :-)
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| What can I say? |
Now the weatherman is telling us that the heat is On! We're to reach 100 by Wed. at the latest & it will last for at least a three-day stretch, before cooler air moves in the first of next week. Plenty of time to spend watering & being thankful for Air Conditioning!
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