Three little chicks chillin’ in our nest!
Some of you have asked for updates on our little eggs and the feathered interloper who has found its way into the House Sparrow nest in our front porch hanging plant.
If you’re not sure of the background information, check out the post HERE!
We started with a nervous momma bird who would bolt each time we entered/exited our little house.
Soon enough we realized that there was a perfect little nest inside our hanging plant with four small eggs….and one larger one.
We discovered the larger egg belonged to an “Interloper”…in this case a Cowbird.
Just a couple of days after the discovery, the baby cowbird hatched.
Somewhere along the way the four house sparrow eggs dwindled slightly to just three! No trace of the egg shell anywhere. Weird.
The momma house sparrow began taking care of the newly hatched chick…who clearly hatched from an egg deposited into her nest…by a totally different bird!
The update comes here…
A couple of days later, there are now also two much smaller babies in the nest. For now, the three birds are snuggling together nicely and all seems OK in their world.
Will the peace continue?? I sure hope so!
Good Morning Gloucester 
so cute
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Not house sparrows
Possibly house finches
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Very nice and a time to have an open mouth get’s the food coming down! Plus get the chirping and songs to wake you that’s special! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
Kenny G – Silhouette – 1988 – [HD] for the moment 3 Silhouettes at the door 🙂
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You better get rid of that cowbird.
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