Graduation time for baby birds
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| Blue Jay photo from googgle images |
Its
about that time of the year in Texas. The wild birds that made nests
and had new babies are getting ready for a big change. We have lots
of birds around here in the trees and bushes so we are always seeing
many different kinds.
Outside
of our front window in a hanging basket we have had a nest of nut
hatches- pretty little brown birds( at least that is what I think
they are). The parents have kept close check of the babies and we
knew they were there by the very loud constant twittering of the
parents especially when the saw a cat or larger bird in the area.
They would visit throughout the day but always were very active in
the twilight .We never saw the babies but occasionally we would hear
faint chirping .Now today it is all quiet. The parents have gone. The
chirping has stopped so I guess the little ones have all flown away.
We know for sure the baby blue jays are leaving the nest and trying to fly as one poor little fledgeling beginner landed on the deck outside our summer room and we watched while the parent birds tried to encourage him to get up and fly. They were not happy about anything( person or cat coming anywhere near).The baby kept taking to the bushes and I was worried the lazy cat who sleeps out there would catch him. So this evening with a lot of shooing noises and loud cawing from Mr amd Mrs Blue Jay , I persuaded him with lots of clapping and hand flapping to take off. He did this with little hops and miniature flights into the bamboo trees next door where he would have more protection.
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| Green heron,photo from google images |
The
other young bird we have been watching is a big dopey green heron.
This is a fairly large bird but you can tell this one is young
because he is so unbalanced. He lands in an old tree we have and in
reaching with his long beak to pick up a bug, will overbalance and
fall beFore he remembers he has to fly. Quite a comedy.
So our
backyard birds are keeping us amused and reminding us Spring is
almost over.
I envy your abundance of birds, we have bluejays, cardinals, little yellow things and lots of crows, but their numbers are down this year. Maybe it's the weather or maybe the construction that has been going on up the street.
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John
Good story, you have certainly a lot to entertain you in Spring great fun watching all the antics of the various birds, love the photo's
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