Bird Watching: Starting Bluebird thread #6, 1 by 2dCousinDave

2dCousinDave wrote:
Yes, the babies are fine. Their eyes are open now and they are starting to get feathers. Here is a shot taken after dark tonight. They won't raise their heads when I open the box so its hard to get a good shot of them. Mama spends the night with them, probably as much for protection as for warmth, although it has been down to the low 30's at night and they still have parts of their bodies that are bare.

Here on the left side you see the wing feathers forming. The blurred area on the right is the baby's head. Sorry for the lack of quality but maybe the informational value will out weigh the lack of picture quality.