While sitting on the patio Saturday evening with friends, the static-y sound of woodlets was heard for the first time in 2010! There are babes in the nesting tree (I predict 3, or maybe 5) and the parents are working full-time feeding them. Here's Dad just emerging from the hole; you can see his tongue just barely poking out.
A sad note: the cardinal nest outside the kitchen window lost its 2 or 3 eggs last night. I'd just implemented the keeping-in of the cats for the next 3-4 weeks while birds nest, so we know it wasn't them, and besides, there is no trace of the eggs. They are gone—not knocked to the ground, but GONE. Snakes? Um, raccoons? What else takes bird eggs from nests? I feel terrible for the parents, but hope they'll try again soon.
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