Below is a picture of the baby chickadees on day 6. They’re really growing quickly!

Below is a picture of the babies on the third day…

You can see how much they’ve grown already. Some information I found online about Carolina chickadees states, “Nestlings fledge when they are 13 to 17 days old but remain dependent upon the parents for food and protection. After two to four weeks, they attain complete [...]

After about two weeks of incubation, the eggs hatched. Here’s a picture of the babies the first day we saw them…

When the hen left her nest on a little foray…

we opened the lid to look inside. There we saw 5 eggs that were about the size of jelly beans…

We are enjoying having a nest of Carolina chickadees in our bird house out back so much that we decided to share the experience on our blog. I’m going to post several times to catch up on documenting the adventure. First, for the sake of those who don’t know what a Carolina chickadee looks like, [...]