Empty Nest

The Chickadees fledged yesterday and now they've gone off to live in the trees! Mark was at his computer and heard a lot of cheeping. He looked out the window and saw the baby birdies taking their first flights. He said they looked like Woodstock from the Peanuts cartoon. They flew in erratic paths, bumbling around, sometimes seeming to be flying upside down. The parents were still caring for them and feeding them worms. Maybe we'll see them around the neighborhood.

Fall Colors

I was going to post these pictures last weekend. The tree in the yard still had leaves then. We had one day last week that it got below freezing - Thursday. I took the bus in but rode my bike home. Last weekend we also saw a chickadee use the bird bath! It was so cute! That was the first time I've seen any bird use the bird bath.

This Saturday I noticed all the leaves have fallen and just the berries are left!