“Uno”, “Dos”, “Tres”, and “Cuatro”, our four little Eastern Bluebirds have made their maiden flights and David and I were sitting on the deck and watched each one leave the nest. What a magical afternoon to see nature at its finest. Uno and Dos were teasing me for a while this afternoon and I was convinced they were going to fall out of the birdhouse. I was so worried about them because I didn’t think they were old enough yet. Then suddenly Uno took off and shot out of the birdhouse and flew up into the maple tree nearby. Within seconds Dos followed. I could see Tres sticking his head out the window but it was about fifteen minutes before he took off on his first flight. We didn’t know how many birdies were in there and thought perhaps it was only the three but then out poked another little beak. It was another five minutes or so before Cuatro took flight. He must have been the runt of the group because he wasn’t sure he wanted to go just yet. Father bird came by with some big winged insect and teased Cuatro with it. He looked as though he was going to feed it to him but pulled back. Then he gave it to Cuatro then took it right back. We could tell he was trying to get the last bird to come out of the house. Finally father bird gave him the insect and flew away. Shortly after that Cuatro took flight. The birdhouse is now empty. The funny thing is each of the four birds pooped as they flew out of the birdhouse. They each shot out of there like a bullet from a gun and pooped as they flew to the nearest trees. I guess maybe flying scares the you-know-what out of them the first time they do it. Ha…Ha…Ha… We were shocked at how big they were… almost as large as the parents. How four of them fit in the birdhouse is amazing. Each day they seemed to double in size but we had no idea they were so big until they flew out of the birdhouse. So now our little birds are gone and I will certainly be missing them. We feel so privileged to have had the opportunity to see them each day, watch the parents feed them then to actually see each one leave the nest and take their first flight. Nature is magnificent!
this is the last picture I got, this is Uno just before he took flight
