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GentlewoodFarms
July 6, 2011

And Then There Were Three

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Since we moved here 12 years ago, we've battled starlings and sparrows and wrens and all sorts of other birds to keep them out of our bluebird house. This year, for the first time, we were successful.

A pair of Eastern Bluebirds took up residence in our nesting box in early June and laid four eggs! I was so excited, and began documenting the sequence - hatching, feed begging, feathering, and fledging. The mother bird was great. She never went into the box when I was around, but she was fairly tolerant of my presence and would sit on the fence with the bugs in her mouth and watch me while I checked the babies and took my little photographs.

Then, one day, I was moving some photographs from my camera card to my hard drive, and I accidentally deleted ALL the images off the card. I was SICK. I had a couple of MONTHS of photos on the card, and there were lots of them more important to me than my little bluebird pictures. I used my Adroit Photo Recovery software, and managed to recover about 2/3 of all the images on my 4GB card, but none of the bluebird photos were recoverable. So I don't have any photo record of the four babies that successfully made it to fledglings.

Of course, I was really sad. I was INVESTED in those babies! But, what's done is done, and I chalked it up to experience, thanked God they survived the raccoons and snakes, and resolved never again to click "yes" or "ok" without double-double checking which files are selected.

On July 4, I went out to clean out the box, and here's what I found. I don't know if these will hatch or not. It's just SO hot here. I know His eye is on the sparrows, but as far as I know, the subject is silent in respect to bluebirds.

I sure hope they make it. And at least I have a chance to recapture some of the moment.

This is my project for the following challenges :

1. Monochrome, Week 3 - Kiwi with the twist of cactus flowers.

2. Use Your Supplies, Week 1 - Green Background.

3. Monthly Sketch Challenge, Pre-sketch.


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