Baby Wrens On Garden Shelves

These wrens are harder to photograph because they're in such a dark place. I imagine they're into their second week of life from the looks of their feathers. Here they are getting a little closer to the edge of the nest. You can even see their eyes opening.

 

Baby Bird Nest #2

Franklin was right. He said I'd find another nest to photograph and I have. Well, he found it, actually. I don't yet know what these are but my bird expert friends are welcome to take a guess. They're on a shelf in my garden area if that's a clue. As for the "new house", we're about to put up the knock-down ceiling next week, then over the next week or so, we'll paint the walls, then put on the wood flooring.

 

Baby Birds Day Two

 

Baby birds day two.

 

Baby Birds Hatch & Drywall & More Flowers

 

Franklin and Russ worked on drywall all last week and this is the kitchen with the large window that will overlook a little rock garden.

 

Close-up of one of the first sunflowers of the season. I think I'll make this my new desktop photo.

 

You've probably seen enough hollyhocks but these are gorgeous this year. They're an old-fashioned type with single blooms that I think are more attractive than the modern ones. When they die back, I take the seed pods and crush and sprinkle them wherever there's bare earth. That fall or the following spring, I have all the volunteers I want and just transplant them to where I have room. These volunteer plants are the reward for getting in there and cutting down the plants and distributing the seeds because the plants are hairy and those hairs tend to get into your clothes and make you itch.

 

THE BABY BIRDS HATCHED - it was either late on July 4th or early this morning because I'd checked them the morning of the 4th. I still have to identify them and hope snakes don't find them, road dust doesn't kill them or a myriad of other dangers doesn't befall them. I'll try to photo journal them daily and will publish some of that so stay tuned. Last night we went to get Jake from Waynesville - he's back from the Bahamas. We have some photos to blog but he ran off again a few minutes ago to visit Walker at Tuckasegee so it'll be Sunday night or Monday before he writes captions to the photos I'm sending. We were invited to the home of some friends who have hundreds of acres here in Fairview and an incredible view of the Asheville fireworks (not to mention their own contraban supply). There I picked up a little pun that I had to call Gabriel and report right away: "May the 'fourth' be with you."

Three eggs in a bush

  I found this nest a few days ago. It's located right on the dirt road leading to our house. I don't yet know what type of bird laid these and haven't seen an adult bird nearby until today when I saw a small bird flying away from the back of this small tree. Don't know if it's parent to the eggs or not. I hope to be able to keep an eye on it as I walk by each day and photograph the yong ones as they hatch and grow. Stay tuned. The nest is only about four foot off the ground. If anyone knows what kind of bird laid these eggs, please post a comment.