{"id":646,"date":"2023-09-22T23:20:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T23:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soflypnw.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2023-12-02T21:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T21:44:02","slug":"fledglings-of-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soflypnw.com\/birding\/fledglings-of-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fledglings of the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jump to photo gallery<\/a><\/p>\n Every spring and summer we notice a few nests show up in our yard or neighborhood and this year was no different. Conveniently for us a pair of Dark-eyed Junco’s<\/a> decided to place their nest in our hanging flower basket right outside our front door. I found this to be a wise decision of the Junco’s, knowing we were birders they must have thought we’d keep an eye on them and protect their nest from Crows and Squirrels. In the end it worked out well, they laid three eggs, all of which hatched into nestlings which eventually grew to fledglings and I think now are still happily flittering around our back yard and eating at our feeders. You’ll see in the photo gallery the progression from eggs to barely born hatchlings, to hungry nestlings that are all head and beak. It was quite interesting to witness the entire process!<\/p>\n But these were not the only baby birds we were able to see this summer, on a trip to Kalaloch Campground we stopped by the Lodge for a snack from the store and were able to watch greedy fledgling Barn Swallow’s being fed on the roof of the Lodge! I’m not entirely sure, but if you watch closely it looks like the insect being fed here was night quite ready to be a meal and made a last second escape.<\/p>\n