Vyxxan's Virtual Venture

Here is the nest. It’s in a corner of the front porch, you can see the top of the porch column.

This is a Phoebe nest. There has been a nest there for 3 years, but no one has lived in it… altho I always see a Phoebe Husband trying to move his Wife in there every spring. I didn’t know what kind of birds they were until earlier this month. It’s made of twigs, grass, moss, mud and I guess bird spit, lol! It’s stuck to that corner, not just sitting there…. glued in.

The cats pulled down the previous nest that this pair had decided to move into. The front porch isn’t exactly the best neighborhood for birds, with all the cats that live here. I moved the cat access… and this pair decided they liked the spot and built a new nest.

Well, they laid eggs, sat on em… and they hatched. I kinda figured some babies had hatched… all of a sudden Momma and Papa are flying in and out almost constantly.

So, to get a photo, I had to get a chair. It’s hard to see what’s what, but you can pick out a baby bird beak opened wide. They are fuzzy and ugly right now, and I can’t tell but there are at least 3, possibly more.

That’s from Friday. Birds grow like weeds… very quickly. Today I’m seeing the beginnings of real feathers.

Update Tuesday: I went to take another photo of the babies and the first thing I noticed is that one baby was out, just laying on the ledge. That’s NOT a big ledge, so after snapping the photo I very carefully put him back in the nest.

It looks to me like the poor things are really feeling the heat. It’s in the 90′s out there and no breeze to speak of. I turned the porch ceiling fans on, hopefully that will help cool them a bit.

Today’s photo….

They sure are ugly in a cute sort of way. :)

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