Summer Greetings
This first day of summer is coming to a close with 130 to 150 cawing crows passing overhead. The direction of their nightly roost varies a little but it is always in a westerly direction from here. Raucous, begging young crows have been following their parents from tree to tree throughout the day. The neighborhood has been very lively. Begging groups of fledgling bush tits chasing their parents have been flitting through the trees and shrubs. Each day I watch the robins incubating their four blue eggs in their nest on top of the porch pillar. In just a few days they should be hatching by my calculations. And then the messy fun will begin with the adults flying back and forth to the nest with worms and other food for the nestlings. As they grow the nest and porch will accummulate white fecal matter until they are ready to jump out of the nest and run off the porch towards cover. The violet green swallows will be the next to be fledging after the robins. Their nest box under the eve on the east side of our house has been busy with comings and goings.
Happy Summer
Bill@birdingguide.com
