[TN-Bird] Baby cardinals leave nest

Hello Everyone,
 
After a steamingly hot and quite successful late Saturday and early Sunday  
birding Ensley Bottoms and Memphis with our Nashville TOS group (see Jeff  
Wilson's weekend report for details), I went to the Veterinarian's office this  
morning to pick up my two poodles.  When I returned home with Magnolia  & 
Beaujolais. they needed a brief break in the back yard here in the  Charlotte 
Park 
section of West Nashville, Davidson County.  While the  poodles were 
"performing," I heard a lot of cardinal "chatter" and looked  over just in time 
to see 
two baby cardinals fly unsteadily from the nest to a  nearby shrub while Mama 
and Daddy "egged them on."  First flight?  I  suspect it was.  That was about 
40 minutes ago, and Mama and Daddy have  since lured the little ones the 75 
feet across to my deck where they  are cracking sunflower seeds and feeding the 
begging babies from "Dee's  Smorgabird."  Up until now, I have only had one 
baby cardinal our of seven  mating couples.  All summer, my poor cardinals have 
been feeding baby  cowbirds!!!!!!
 
Cheers, prayers and better birding,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN

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