Can you believe it? These pictures are of the same birds, same nest, just one week apart.

Their speckled chests and lighter orange feathers are the only things that tell you these are babies. By midmorning there was only this one left in the nest. He seemed alert enough, but wasn’t flying. I kept telling him, “Go ahead. You can do it. Take off.” By 7:30 pm he was gone. I guess some kids take longer to leave the nest than others.

Day 137: 9,732 Steps YTD: 1,253,809 Steps Goal: 1,287,000 Steps