Our New Addition

For those of you that might be holding out hope for a Baby Stier sometime soon, you will be disappointed. The newest addition to our family is a bird! Car, as we call her, is a Northern Cardinal that made a nest in a small tree just outside our back door.

Pat was the first to notice and as soon as he told me I grabbed the camera to get a pic. Just after I snapped the first one he (as we were calling it) flew away. That was when I realized that she had 3 little eggs in her nest!!

I have made myself stop taking pictures because I didn't want to scare her. But she is so beautiful and I think its fascinating to watch her protect her babies.

Here you can see that she "puffed" up when another bird came around.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! Just now, in the middle of writing this post I went to let Maggie in and noticed Car fly way. As I was closing the door I glanced at the nest and saw BABIES! I frantically ran through the house to get my camera, squealing to Maggie that Car's babies had hatched! Now I really don't want to scare her so I only got one good one...

I only saw the one little beak so I hope all three are in there and healthy. I am so excited to watch them grow! We may have to hold off on the new roof until our babies are a little older!