Babies

I love birds.  Since we've been in this spot we've had five bird houses and each year usually only one will have birds in it.  Each year a pair of Eastern Blue Birds have taken up residence in one of the boxes and raised three or four nests of babies over the course of the summer.  I am not sure if it is the same two birds who stay all summer or not but the same house is used over and over and over all summer then the next summer they choose a different house and use it all summer too.  This year we have been doubly fortunate as two of our bird houses have residents in them.  A pair of Finches are raising their young in one and a pair of Eastern Blue Birds are raising their babies in another at the same time.  Both of the houses stay busy all day long with the mother and father birds flying in and out every few minutes with food for their babies.  I've yet to see any of the babies but we certainly hear them singing all day long.  They are quite noisy but it is music to my ears.  I have a few bird feeders that I plan to take along in our travels and hope to have a few birds stop by for feeding but this may be the last of us having the opportunity to have babies to watch.  Along with the Finches and Blue Birds we also have a pair of mallard ducks that visit us daily.  They know I always have food for them so they make an appearance several times a day.  I'm thinking they may have a  nest nearby along the lake edge although I've not seen one but they tend to hang out there all the time when they are not here at our RV site.  We are leaving the five bird houses behind when we leave and hope that the birds will continue to use them and bring joy to future occupants of this site.