💔 the last three baby birds were stolen in the day, maybe a squirrel or a crow… the empty nest and the silence is awful… the daddy came looking for them twice last night :(
~ May they fly in heaven forever with angels 🤍
my daughter convinced me that it’s possible they all just flew away. The one that flew away on Tuesday still had the crazy fur on his head, so even though the three remaining did, also, it’s still conceivable they could also fly.
here is the Tuesday video, shortly before one of them took flight.
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I think based on the color of the red dad and the brown mom, they are house finches, so they can fly between 12-15 days-ish. I first saw the babies at April 22, so they were probably born around the 20th.
so… right around the time to fly is now… @Valkyrie_D
@Armchaircouch exactly ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Chin up, beautiful!! They’re probably fledging and foraging for their own food!!
🤞♥️ thank you 🥲 I hope so! I guess I was pretty lucky to see the first one flyway, it was pretty cool. 🤗🤗 @Valkyrie_D
@Armchaircouch Finches are highly territorial birds. There is a good chance they are protecting their nest. If you’ve never seen a finch destroy another finch’s nest, it’s quite violent.
lol! crazy ass birds… These were just raising their babes, never a territory dispute, but that’s good to know! @misslovelymess @Valkyrie_D
@Armchaircouch Finches will not only steal the nest, they will take the girly bird for their own. I was traumatized the first time I watched an attack. Cute little home destroying machines.
And they do mate multiple times a season, so you might see another baby family.
Oh my gosh!!
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well that is upsetting, especially because I watched these two parents build their nest and he fed her for weeks before their babies were born, and then they both tended them. It was very cute! @misslovelymess @Valkyrie_D
@Armchaircouch You think you know your neighbors, am I right? 😂
lol! totally lmao @misslovelymess @Valkyrie_D
@Armchaircouch I adored watching the wrens that nested in our boxes pre-Lola. There are two houses next to each other, the male makes two nests (one in each) and then the female comes to inspect and decide which one is acceptable to her standards. And then he hangs in the other one to guard and give her space. I miss Mr. & Mrs Chubbs. They stop by to say hello early in the season, but no longer nest there. Because Lola.
wow! that’s amazing!! and so cute!!
aw sweet Lola though, lol @misslovelymess @Valkyrie_D
@Armchaircouch They fly away quickly, they do two or three jumps and then they fly. We used to have wrens, and they went fast.
@misslovelymess I sure hope so. I think I was even more thrown for a loop because of how the mom and dad came and looked for them a few times.
@Armchaircouch Are they holding the site to make some more babies?
Hopefully they are off on their own. The most dangerous time for the babies is the jumping time. Once they hit the ground, predators are a real threat.
i’m not sure if they’re holding it? I don’t know how to tell. Their old nest is in and emptied out lamp structure made of iron hanging from my balcony roof, overhang.
Yes, I walked around a bit yesterday to make sure they were not on the ground, the only way for them to fall would have been to land on my balcony, but theoretically they could have fallen off the edge of the balcony, one floor down onto the dirt. Hopefully not… or if they did hopefully they flew away after @misslovelymess
@Armchaircouch what type of bird were they? Fledglings are about 2 weeks old when they start to venture out 💕🐥