baby birds

Our backyard is alive with new families!

Here are some sparrow condos I made out of old fence-board last winter. We watch them come and go all day. When they return you can hear the babies inside.

They are some prime real estate, close to food and water. There is no vacancy.

A baby sparrow sits atop the fence with unsure feet.

Same baby sparrow perched on a pot hanger looking into what all the fuss is about, and discovers peanut butter!

A family of inca dove sticking close in the shade.

Baby grackle getting fed. Me! Me! Me! is the sound they make.

This mockingbird is busy making her next nest in the tangle where our climbing rose meets the crossbeam of the arbor.

She peeks out while arranging sticks.