It seems that despite the weather of late, SPRING truly is here in Utah. We have had a mama and daddy bird diligently building and watching over their nest that they have built over the down spout on the back of our house. Here are a few pictures from our bird watching adventures.
(Keep in mind I am taking these pics through a very dirty kitchen window with as much zoom as my little COOLPIX camera can handle!)
BEFORE EGGS
AFTER EGGS
The kids are loving that we have our “own” birds. Miss AJ has named the baby birds Fuzzy, Tweety Bird, Chirpy and Twudily.
It’s been fun to take pictures and to show the kids the difference in the Mama bird from before the eggs and after the eggs. We have also had the chance to do some research on robins and their eggs. We have learned that their eggs are blue and that it takes about 2 weeks for the eggs to hatch. We have had what we think are the Mama and Daddy birds hanging around. They are very protective of their little home and babies. Daddy Bird even tried to lure our Daddy away by sitting on the fence and pretending to be hurt! We are now watching to see all the things that Mama Bird brings back for her babies to eat and how long it will take before the little ones can fly off on their own.
There are so many things to learn about in nature!
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