For anybody mystified by this post, see link below:
https://meandray.com/2020/04/14/easter-egg/
We’ve had them for a while now but the location, relative to the sun’s position, and the fact that we have to take the pic through rear window glass panels, makes for limited photo opportunities. As at this morning (Tuesday 28th), there are 3 hungry little chicks with mouths permanently open, and Mom and Dad are going non-stop feeding them. Hopefully we’ll have an opportunity or two for some “chick pics”!
A New Direction Perhaps? 
That is so cool!
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It is fun in the morning to “sneak a peek” to see how things are progressing! 🙂
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Just like human babies, they need feeding often. We had baby birds one year but no photo ops. Starlings built a nest in our smoker-grill one spring, accessing it through its “chimney.” We opened it to grill some steaks and found, to our surprise, squawking babies in a well-insulated nest of twigs, straw, feathers, hair, etc. They’d even filched some marigold petals, to ward off pesky insects, maybe? We let them stay until the babies flew the coop. 🙂
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Looking forward to the chick flicks Colin!!
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I like the speckles. They kind of remind me of Easter eggs. When we had a nest by our window, the biggest danger was crows. A couple of times some crows raided the nest and caused a horrible family tragedy.
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That is the danger, and a very real one around here. We shall see! 🙂
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I hope all bad crows and other predators stay away! Perhaps you could station yourself by the tree to be a lookout for them and scare them away. 🙂
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Yay on the baby chicks! I am sure they provide smiles as you have front row seats to the show. Hoping you are able to snap some pictures for those of us “watching” from a distance. 🙂
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We’re trying!
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Thanks for trying, hopefully your efforts pay off!
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Ooh, the cutest factor is off the charts!
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Agreed! Now the additional stress of hoping that we get no predators in the back garden. As we do have chipmunks, squirrels, foxes, hawks and other medium/large birds in the ‘hood” … it is a precarious situation … but … we’ve had Chickadees and Sparrows successfully raising chicks in the past so there is hope! 🙂
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Thank you for the post. It reminded me to check my robin’s nest. Not sure if it is the sam bird, but there are Robin’s eggs every year.
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Hopefully you will soon get chicks as well. 🙂
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