Birds Of A Feather

A couple of weeks ago we hung two ferns on the front porch. Within days a pair of House Finches took up residency and laid some eggs.

We did not know they did this and when we were taking the ferns down to be watered, one of the eggs fell out of the nest and broke, leaving only two eggs.

Every time we go in and out of the front door, the parent Finches yell at us. When we are working in the yard, they sit on the neighbors roof and yell at us. I know they are telling us to hurry up and not to even think about bothering their home again.

Spring skipped us and Summer came early and with a vengence this year. It has been too hot for her to sit on her eggs, so she just sits next to them, guarding them.

Thursday Scott was out watering and took a look inside the fern to see that the two birds have hatched. We did quick research to find out that they should be out of the nest in 15 days. That seems really fast to me, but all of the research we have done swears it is true. Can you imagine if you only had to parent for 15 days?

Research also told us that the couple will brood again, and can brood up to 3 times this season. While it has been an intersting experience, I am not too sure I am up for 2 more rounds.

Scott wants to get a camera and mount it to the roof so we can watch them through a live feed. I can't imagine that would be too interesting for too long.

So we are the proud guardians of two baby House Finches. Now if they would just let us have our fern back or at least quit yelling at us when we want to water it.