Bird Babies!

© Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 78980153 - Chipping Sparrow; Clarke County, Georgia. May 16, 2018.

The rain has come and continues off and on throughout the day. I’m home early from work and have an opportunity for BYOB (Birding-Your-Own-Backyard). Babies are everywhere! No, I’m not talking about all the recent births in our church. But of all the bird babies in my backyard.

For a few days I’ve heard the light chirping of nestlings as diligent Chipping Sparrows parents make bug-runs back and forth. I track them down in the Sky Pencil bush at the corner of my house. Three babies crammed into a tiny nest!

Later, underneath the birdfeeder, I spot an ugly gray bird with black wings scraping through the mulch. Then out pops a female Towhee mom and “spoon-feeds” the little fledgling!

Not long after, the usual Downy Woodpecker is all of the sudden being trailed by a second Downy. Has it found a mate? But again, I see one feed the other I realize it is yet another fledgling in my backyard.

The bird parents are busy, busy, busy with all the birdie babies in my backyard.
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Athens, Clark County, Georgia, May 16, 2018
Forecast: rain, high 77°. Rain overnight, low 66°
Sunrise 6:33 AM, sunset 8:29 PM

Posted on 18 de maio de 2022, 04:28 PM by williamwisephoto