Our babies leave the nest

What an exciting week we had, watching these beautiful creatures grow and learn! It was also a sad week, as we said goodbye to a dear friend, our dog Dusty. But God is good and he gave us new life to observe and fall in love with.

The little darlings grew like weeds right before our very eyes. We couldn't wait to get up every morning and see how much they had grown and what new things they were learning.

Today though, we had a surprise that we had not been expecting. I had noticed one of the babies sitting just outside of it's nest, just looking about. I thought that was a neat trick. But then the mama came back to the nest and pushed the little one right out! First flying lesson I suppose. He landed safely in the grass, but decided to stay there instead of follow daddy. The other two were also pushed out by the mama and landed on the cement patio. One looks as though it might have injured a leg, as hobbled off to follow dad.

Here is mama, trying to coax her son to come, but he is not budging.

Mama and Daddy sat on this branch for several minutes and discussed what to do with their son, as they all the time kept a watchful eye on him. I came out and took a few close ups, which did not please them, as they flew frantically around me.

We will let you know how things progress with the baby that is not quite ready to leave! :)