Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard? Part 4

So I have even more news about the chickadees in my birdhouse.  But in case you haven't seen the previous three parts here they are.

Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard?

Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard? Part 2

Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard? Part 3

So when we last left off we had six eggs in the birdhouse.  The good news, is that, all six of them hatched!

Say, does that one look like it's saying, "I'm naked, but feed me anyway?"

But they wouldn't stay naked for long.  Just a week later all six had feathers, and were still doing fine.

The chickadee on the upper left decided it was getting a bit crowded in the nest.  Besides, he was a little too big at this point.

Just a few days after that a few of the others had gotten so big they needed a bit more room.

The good news was that all six chicks were still doing well.

A few days after that it looked like all their feathers had grown in.

Again, all six were there.  But do you know that 15-18 days after hatching the chicks leave the nest?  Yes, they are ready to fly out onto the world.  So this is the last photo I have of them. 

I'm glad to see all six made it this far.  As a former pet shop employee I've seen the odds that baby anything have to overcome to reach adulthood.  It ain't pretty.

I'm glad to see my little birdhouse made a little bit of a difference.  Things actually went according to plan.  I put the box up in the fall so it could be used in the spring.  Let's see if another family of birds will move in sometime.  If they do, you can be sure I will be there to blog about it.

So now it's time to play the "Success in Birding" song.

Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard? Part 3

I have more news about the little birdhouse in the backyard.  It might help if you know the backstory, so here's the links to my previous blogs about it.

Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard?

Make a Little Birdhouse In my ... Backyard? Part 2

At the end of my last story a pair of Carolina Chickadees had moved into the birdhouse I put up.  They were gathering materials for a nest.  In fact, it looked to be almost complete in the last blog post.  Well the good news, is that, eggs have been laid!

They laid six eggs, which according to the bird field guide, is the average.  The eggs look to be just a bit bigger than marbles.  I know the photo makes the birdhouse look huge, but it's not that big.  Here's a photo of the bird house.

So while the birdhouse may not be that big, having eggs laid is kind of a big deal.  At least it is in my book.  If you look at my first blog post, I installed the bird house all the way back in October.  So I'm glad that all my preplanning came to fruition.

To celebrate everyone wants to hear the song.  Okay, here's the song.  You know you already have it in your head.