FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Late fledges?

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

About a week ago, I had three baby cardinals leave the nest in the holly tree 
beside my bedroom window .  Their parents have been busily poking sunflower 
seeds into their little beaks ever since, and the babies are catching on to 
finding their own food very rapidly.  Five baby chickadees have just started 
coming with their parents, so I have beaucoups of babies feeding and cheeping 
away 
around my deck.  

With all the hummingbirds that have been flying through and feeding here 
since July 21, I have seen ONLY ONE full grown male with his ruby throat 
agleam!  
I am wondering if they all bypassed me on their way south.  I love the mamas 
and babies, but those bejeweled males make my old heart just throb away at the 
sight of their splendor!

Cheers, prayers & super birding,

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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