Bye Bye Birdie

We left Friday night/Saturday morning for Texas (Mother's Day weekend) and my friend, Sara, watched the dog for us and was also kind enough to be on bird patrol. When she came over Saturday she looked at the nest and it was very very empty. So, being the sweet wonderful person that she is, looked around for any dead birdies. (remember, the nest was built about 6 feet above a concrete pad). No dead birdies. When we got back Monday afternoon the nest was still empty. The babies are no longer babies, but big grown up birds who have officially flew the coop.

The really dusty pictures are the back windshield of Brian's Mazda RX-7 that he is rebuilding. (when he gets around to he will be posting pictures/updates of his project on his blog Crowdaddy's World). Anyway, using my most superior deductive skills I have deduced that these markings were made my baby birdy wings. The car is next to the nest sight. They look like wing prints to me. I figure that this is where they practiced before they took out on their own.

Now that the nest in empty I did remove it an throw it away. Brian really needed to get to his ladder. We learned that unless the nest is dirty with fleas, mites, or other yucky bugs the mama will lay another clutch of eggs (that would be the technical term) pretty much as soon as the babies leave the nest. We really didn't want to do that. Sorry mama!! She should have her new nest built by now. I caught her and the daddy bird having sex in the front yard. I had the camera with me, but by the time I got it set to video mode, the daddy bird had already left leaving the mommy bird going, "wait, that's it?"