Phainopepla fledgeling Inceville Los Liones Canyon coastal Southern California -169
We have been watching for the arrival of the peplas. At first it seemed only 2 males were in the canyon. Then it appeared that 2 females arrived. Overnight there were 2.5 nests. A few days later one and a half nests were nowhere to be found.
W9 had calculated that today the babies would fledge. And today Jerry spotted the 3 amigos in the brush below the nest. Dad was flying here and there, collecting berries to feed the chicks. Mom was out and about but in the same vicinity.
Last year we watched a nest . We didn't realize how much of our hearts we had invested until it failed.
This year it's been a good baby season ...so far.
Knock on wood.
Phainopepla fledgeling Inceville Los Liones Canyon coastal Southern California -169
We have been watching for the arrival of the peplas. At first it seemed only 2 males were in the canyon. Then it appeared that 2 females arrived. Overnight there were 2.5 nests. A few days later one and a half nests were nowhere to be found.
W9 had calculated that today the babies would fledge. And today Jerry spotted the 3 amigos in the brush below the nest. Dad was flying here and there, collecting berries to feed the chicks. Mom was out and about but in the same vicinity.
Last year we watched a nest . We didn't realize how much of our hearts we had invested until it failed.
This year it's been a good baby season ...so far.
Knock on wood.