She flew the coop

Category: robin's egg blue | Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:55 pm

Mama bird has flown the coop. I checked on Saturday, and there was one little peep and three eggs. Checked again on Sunday, and the count was 2-2. I went out this morning, camera in hand, and found...

Nothing. Wait, not nothing. There was one feather. But that was all. No Mama. No peeps. No shells. Just an empty nest. I guess she didn't like her privacy being invaded so much. Oh well. I can only hope she would have moved her family whether we watched her or not, having built her nest so close to the garage and driveway.

So that ends this blog. Thanks for reading.

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eileen wrote on Mon May 21, 2007 3:24 pm:

What a pity the litle family didn't get a chance to survive. Maybe if she'd built her nest further away from the garage and driveway they would have made it.

Gardenstew wrote on Mon May 21, 2007 3:37 pm:

A deflated ending but I suppose Mama always knows best :) Thanks for the update Amy.

glendann wrote on Mon May 21, 2007 4:48 pm:

Amy I hate to say it but sounds like a chicken snakes work and the mama and papa would vacate as soon as the babies were gone. :(

GardenFanantic wrote on Mon May 21, 2007 8:49 pm:

Sorry to say but birds can't move after the eggs are laid. They just abandon if upset, leaving eggs or babies. So something happened to babies and eggs like the snake or cats or ???