I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE YARD YESTERDAY.
IT WAS NOT SWELTERING OUT SO TIME TO DO SOME
DEAD HEADING.
THE WREN BABIES WERE VERY NOISY SO
I INTERRUPTED THE YARD WORK TO WATCH THEM.
AND I WAS GLAD I DID. IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE NEST.
I NOTICED THAT NEITHER OF THE ADULTS WERE AROUND.
IS THIS NORMAL WHEN THEY WANT THE BABIES TO LEAVE THE NEST?
I WAS WONDERING IF THE ADULTS HAD BEEN DONE IN BY THE CROWS.
ONE OF THE ADULTS WAS FEEDING THE YOUNG ON TUESDAY BUT
LOOKING A LITTLE BATTLE WEARY.
THE RIGHT EYE LOOKED PRETTY BLOODIED. I DID NOT SEE THIS ADULT
ON WEDNESDAY AT ALL BUT THE OTHER ONE RETURNED.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FEMALE, BUT I CAN NOT BE SURE.
THE MALE WAS USUALLY SINGING AND NEITHER OF THEM
DID ANYTHING BUT SCOLD OR CHATTER.
THE BABIES KEPT GETTING A LITTLE BRAVER AND
ONE BY ONE BEGAN TO
FLY TO NEAR BY BRANCHES
FIVE DOWN - AND I THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY FOUR IN
THIS SMALL BIRD HOUSE.
AMAZING BUT THERE WERE SIX IN TOTAL.
NUMBER SIX, RESTING ON THE CHAIR BESIDE THE BIRD HOUSE.
THE ADULT SHOWED UP WHEN #4 FLEW OUT OF THE NEST.
IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME BEFORE #5 DECIDED TO PEAK OUT AND
A LITTLE COAXING BY THE ADULT. THE PARENT SHOWED UP WITH A
JUICY WORM FOR THE LAST TWO.
IT TOOK NEARLY AN HOUR BEFORE ALL 6 OF THE BABIES WERE
GONE. I HEARD A FEW OF THEM FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
HOPE THEY SURVIVED THE NIGHT.
- - - - - - - -
IN SPITE OF THE HEAT, THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
WE COULD USE A LITTLE MORE RAIN BUT THINGS ARE
GROWING WELL. MY DELPHINIUM, WHICH SEEDED ITSELF,
GREW ABOUT 6' TALL LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR IT IS NEARLY 8'.
THE LOLLIPOP LILY IS LOOKING GOOD.
MY RED CORNER.
THERE ARE SO MANY SHADES OF RED - I DO LIKE THE INTENSE
RED OF THE CALLIOPE GERANIUM.
I THINK THEY WILL GET MORE SPACE NEXT YEAR.
TIME TO CUT BACK THE THYME BEFORE IT SEEDS ITSELF ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THE GRAPE HAS COME BACK, SURPRISINGLY.
GLAD WE DID NOT DIG IT UP AND TRY TO REPLANT.
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