here is a newborn cardinal and several siblings in the nest. alas, he/she is no more. the nest was found toppled, a wing on the ground, and little feathers scattered about. and one egg on the ground which inspired me to do some research. it's pretty tricky to incubate a bird egg--the temp. must remain within a constant and narrow range. those eggs are pretty smart really, better not to hatch at all than hatch with no mama/papa around! and, i learned of the very high baby bird mortality rates. i found an odd comfort in that--as if maybe it was too much to expect two batches of cardinals to survive in one season. and soon after i did see a trio of carolina wren babies in the maple so that lifted my spirits. here is one of them:
here is a newborn cardinal and several siblings in the nest. alas, he/she is no more. the nest was found toppled, a wing on the ground, and little feathers scattered about. and one egg on the ground which inspired me to do some research. it's pretty tricky to incubate a bird egg--the temp. must remain within a constant and narrow range. those eggs are pretty smart really, better not to hatch at all than hatch with no mama/papa around! and, i learned of the very high baby bird mortality rates. i found an odd comfort in that--as if maybe it was too much to expect two batches of cardinals to survive in one season. and soon after i did see a trio of carolina wren babies in the maple so that lifted my spirits. here is one of them:
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