Media Summary: The babies have hatched. No feathers, eyes are closed. The babies have grown larger. The neighboring birds fledge. The parents attack like never before. In less than a week, they have grown huge and feathers as well.
Tree Swallow Diary 2011 Part 7 Hatchlings - Detailed Analysis & Overview
The babies have hatched. No feathers, eyes are closed. The babies have grown larger. The neighboring birds fledge. The parents attack like never before. In less than a week, they have grown huge and feathers as well. The biggest baby steps out to see the world. Almost ready to fly. We now have eggs though hidden in the nest. The nest is made, now it just needs to be filled.
The birds are not happy with my presence. The chicks now have feathers. Eyes are still closed but they know they are hungry! A carefull look inside the goard as the babies are very close to fledging. See around 1 minute 30 second mark. Christopher is the ... Finally, the eggs have hatched. No feathers and eyes are closed. Sad news, the first nest was raided and all the eggs lost. Building a nest and then "surprise honey, I'm home!!!!!"
The babies peek out checking the world out. They Fledged on 6/24/ Look at that sad face looking up at the sky. She is tired of being dive bombed all day long!
