Baby Birds

I've been planning to write about this for a while.  A mama robin built a little nest in a bush outside our back door earlier this spring.  She built it just perfectly so that it was hidden from predators but perfectly visible from the side of the bush.  We peaked inside one morning when she was gone and saw four little blue eggs. It wasn't long before four little beaks were poking out.  I shouldn't say little, they were very large beaks on very small heads.  The baby birds were so cute in an ugly sort of way.  One time I even saw the mom bird catch a worm and bring it back to the bush.  It was so fun for Garrett and I to watch these little birds grow up over only a few weeks.  We watched them grow feathers that looked like little bird mohawks.  We saw them when their eyes opened and they started to chirp.  And on a very happy and sad day we even got to see the first one try to fly for the first time.  He couldn't go very far, but he'd fly a ways and then hop along the grass.  By the end of the day all the baby birds had flown away.  It made me kinda sad!  I hope one of those babies comes back to that nest and starts her own family in it.  We'll make sure it stays there so we can see this little miracle again.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures.  I couldn't get a good one without the flash, and we didn't want to scare away mama.
This is pretty much what they looked like though.