Yay, babies!

    Here at Emily's place in Indianapolis, there's a sweet, little family growing.   


    The funny thing about these little, jelly-bean-sized eggs is that, at first there was just one egg in the nest; then, there were two.  Then, the second egg wandered off to leave only the one again.

    Thankfully, for the finch family, the second egg came home after some egg-based carousing (that kid is going to be trouble.  I just know it), and, finally, a third, more-speckled, egg completed the collection of inevitable hungry mouths to feed.

    Of course, being a dumb bastard and all, I have no idea when these eggs are going to hatch.  In fact, I am not even sure if they are going to hatch.  The weather here in Indianapolis has been a little sprawling in terms of temperatures with lows in the bottom 40's at night, and, out on the deck where this bird-brained family decided to lay down some roots, the afternoon high out there has been in the triple digits.  So, there's a pretty good chance the finches are going to have some poached children.

    Then again, they're on the edge of the deck, tucked into a little wedge of shade between posts and away from the sun-baked house, so they might actually be cool-ish...  maybe.

    Anyway, I have no idea when these little dudes are going to escape those little calcified prisons and embrace the big, birdy world, but I'm hoping I'll be here when they do to snap some Day One shots of the chirpy little bastards.  I'm also having a hard time getting mommy finch in the nest since she tends to scamper the second anyone gets near the door, and it's just awkward enough to make it impossible to remotely trip the shutter.

    Ah well...  We'll see how they turn out.  I'm hoping they wake Emily up at all hours. 

-DP