In
the Nest
DAY
18: Starling Fledgling Getting Ready to Leave the Nest
They
are getting close to leaving. They are jumping around in the nest a lot and
flapping their wings hard. I took a number of shots of them hanging outside
the nest and of mom flying up to feed them. I play a cat and mouse game with
her. She doesn't like me around and will fly up and squawk at me if she sees
me. I either take a picture through a crack in the door, or from a window above
the door. Notice all the cherry pits in the nest. I also noticed mom feeding
a fledgling out on the neighbor's lawn under the cherry tree; it looked around
the same age as the others still in the nest. The fledglings from the first
clutch can now feed themselves and I believe are starting to get their adult
feathers.
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