First comes the house...a new one this year... tucked into the corner...behind a downspout and also behind a topiary in a pot. Actually if you look close in the foreground is a nest built in the topiary (BTW it is a fake topiary). Last year that nest had 5 eggs...and then one day they were all gone...I think something got the eggs, we were very disappointed to not see the family hatch. The parents seem to be smarter this year, placing the nest on the top shelf of the stone around our house...and an extra added protection seems to be the downspout....
while mom was away hunting for food, I stepped close to have a peak into the nest and sure enough...FOUR little speckled eggs...now to wait and see.....
I don't think these little feathered guys are very old as mom as been very diligent about sitting on the nest. This morning when I stepped out to leave, I looked her way and didn't see her sitting on the nest...so I quietly stepped closer and there were four little barely feathered birds!! I ran back into the house to get my camera before mom came back squawking and giving me holy heck for being so close to her babies...we are going to watch these little guys and make sure another predator doesn't come and get them!
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