Not as artistic as I had hoped ...
... I snapped this with my iPod while I was cleaning and refilling the birdbath.
My first group of nestlings fledged today. There's pandemonium out there with all my birds, all of Mr. Ed's birds, all of The Colonel's birds, and seemingly every extra PM in this part of the county here to celebrate with them.
The five new fledges are being escorted, chased, encouraged, bullied, tempted, and terrorized to fly faster and further and higher. They are doing okay. If they make it through tomorrow, they'll be as home free as any PM can be.
I saw a couple of them collide into the side of their gourd instead of zooming into the entry, but that's common and they'll learn quickly.
All the other 51 chicks are sticking their heads out of the other gourds, squeaking, squawking, and gapping to try to get food and attention from the distracted parents.
Kids! No matter what species, they're all the same.
Purple Martin going over the rainbow.
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