Someone's Been Playing Too Much Angry Birds

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Third Hatch of the Season (OC)

Mine

We have this nest on our porch which this family of bird comes back to every single year to re-build, and lay a few eggs. I don't remember any year in which they did it twice. This is the 3rd time we've had baby birdies in the nest this year. I guess the family must be getting smarter - and also hanging around.

Not a very good picture, but it was difficult, since they would hide upon seeing us. And no opportunity for another - I had to rescue one from the garage today, so they're learning to fly already. They'll be gone tomorrow.

This was just 2 months ago..

Birds

..and a nice, soothing, peaceful piece in 7/4-time



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Before & After Bird's Eye Views Of Joplin, MO

Before and after photos of Joplin, Mo., have been floating around the Internet since the tornado swept through on [a week ago] Sunday — and one of the more striking comparisons is attributed to Aaron Fuhrman. We reached out to him and he shared several more photos, as well as his story. Combined with screen grabs from Google street view, these interactive images show just how devastating the damage has been.

Click the banner image above to see the before & after images, and be sure to click the "as seen from the street" link from that page, as well as the first link in the text above.

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A Huge Murder Of Crows

Gotta click to see this one big!

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Baby Birds And Momma

This family of birds continues to build a nest in the same place every year, and have about 3-4 little chics. I only see three this time. It's crazy how they come back to the same exact spot, but I guess it is a pretty good, and safe location about 6 inches under the porch overhang.

They're probably almost a week old. Today is the first day I've noticed they were getting so big that you could see them hanging out, as if they were struggling to share what little room they have up there. Last year one of them fell out and died - I hope Momma forces them out to fly before that happens again.

Both Momma and (I presume) Papa are constantly flying around close by, even if they aren't up there. They nearly dive-bomb us when we walk underneath. You can imagine what was going through her (or his) head when I was standing on a chair about 7-8 feet away taking pictures!

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They Don't Use Computers

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