This morning the remaining 4 babies left the nest. The video shows the last two. I was able to capture one of them taking off but the last one seemed to be having trouble and my memory card filled up before I could capture him/her taking flight.
He sat there for the longest time while both parents came to encourage him over and over again. At one point the mama was hanging by the opening when the baby popped out, knocking her away.
The poor thing seemed scared to death. He tried to take off two or three times, changed his mind, then pulled himself back inside...folding one of his wings backwards as he went back in. I was worried that he had injured himself.
I'm so excited that all five have survived. What a wonderful journey this has been! Now I have to clean out the box so they can do it all over again.
I'm going to miss them. :o(
1 comment:
at least when our kids leave the nest, we get to visit them for dinner from time to time
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