Last night we had quite the storm. Luckily it was short lived. Darkened skies at 5:30 p.m., so windy, thunder and lightening and rain. I'm not sure if it was the wind that knocked Annie out of the nest or if the thunder had startled her but we heard alot of commotion and flapping against the window and then she was gone. This was the first time we had seen her away from the nest. I teetered on a chair and could look into the nest hoping to see the eggs would still be there and not blown out. To our surprise, there are already baby birds there. At first I thought two but afterwards I think I could make out three little ones.
I was kind of worried that Annie might have injured herself . I found myself looking for her in the backyard. Silly really but I was worried about the little babies getting cold. Three hours later she returned to the nest. Relief.
This morning the sun was back and the wind has died down somewhat and Oscar showed up to check out and probably bring some food to the troops.
What a handsome fellow!
Go Annie!
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Whew! I'm glad that all is well in Annie's nest and I love that photo of Oscar. The mourning doves seem to like to sing here in the early evenings, and it's my favorite birdsong. I bet those little baby birds are cute as sin!
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