The Birdies In The Treetop!

Our tiny little bird eggs hatched!

Checked on our teeny tiny bird nest today, and found at least three hungry, furry little babies.  There were four eggs in the nest just a couple days ago, but I could only see three little open mouths.  I was trying to hold down the branches with one hand and hold the camera and snap with the other while not disturbing the nest.  I'm not too good with that, but you can see them fairly well.  I'm still not sure what kind of birds they are.  I just love Spring!

Carpe diem, Lil and Bill

And Another Mystery Bird Nest!

Bird nest about 4" diameter with jelly bean sized eggs, blue with brown spots

On my post of May 9th I had a picture of a nest, about 6 inches in diameter, with blue eggs and brown spots, the eggs were about an inch long.  It turned out to be a mockingbird nest.  Here is a different nest with eggs that I found in our cherry tree, it's much smaller, about 4 inches in diameter, and the eggs are about the size of jelly beans, but they are also blue with brown spots.  I have seen the mommy bird, she is small like a sparrow, maybe smaller, and colored like a sparrow, but has a dark red stripe on her head.  I tried to find her on the internet, but have had no success.  Anyone know what she is?

Carpe diem, Lil and Bill

Bird Nest with Eggs

Bird eggs

While I was enjoying our orchard today, I came across this bird nest with eggs.  Does anyone know what kind of bird they belong to?  I'm thinking either northern mockingbird eggs or cardinal eggs.  I'd like to know if anyone knows for sure what they are.

Carpe diem!  Lil and Bill