Berries and Birdies Updated Together

My friend Maryanne was kind enough to photograph these wild raspberries, before and after picking.  Look how the color has deepened since I posted here.  I wish I could have taken the pictures and eaten those berries myself.

 

Peggy and Pauly hatched a baby.  Yippee!  Lori and I named it Pat, after the Saturday Night Live character whose gender was indeterminable, because we obviously cannot tell if it is a boy or a girl.  We are still waiting for the second to appear.  We think its name will be Perry.

 

I tried to get Peggy's ass of that little new born just long enough to take its picture, but she was furious, and puffed up something awful, and began pecking the window like a crazy buzzard.  We will keep working on getting that photo because she has to go for food sometime.  For now you can see the cracked open egg.  Lori watched as Peggy chipped away at it with her beak in order to set Pat free.

Comments

[Kim]

Happy Monday Frank,

I trust you had a fine weekend...

Rasberry's my favorite; looks like a little mound of jewels.

Adorable shots of Dudley and Monty:- http://melissacmorris.blogspot.com/

[Frank]

Thanks Kim! I just posted a photo of Mel and Monty with me and Dudley.

[Lori]

It has been a little rough since Pat and Perry have been born. Peggy has been primarily sitting on the nest, although last night I did get a quick glimpse of Pauly when he came to visit.

Peggy has been very overprotective of Pat and Perry and throughout the entire night was pecking at the window. I think that she wanted me out of my bedroom, but at this point in time she is just going to have to learn how to share. It was a sleepless night, but hopefully they will all be in better spirits tonight!

[Frank]

Lori! I cannot believe I am finding out that Perry hatched in a blog comment! How are they feeding the babies? We need a photo.

[Lori]

I have not been able to get a photo yet, and only realized right when I wrote the comment that Perry hatched.

I have not been able to witness the feeding yet....i am hoping at some point Peggy is willing to share and let me watch!

We will get some photos tomorrow.