Into the Great Wide Open

[felis_lupus]

Gone...
Originally uploaded by gshower7

An empty nest greeted me this morning when I came into work... The baby birdies are all grown up and gone. I suspect I'll see them hopping around here for a few days, maybe, but haven't yet.

Seeing the empty nest begs the question of where the eggshells went. Did they eat them? Toss them out? Crunch them into powder? There were no shells around the nest/on the table after hatching, and none in the bottom of the now empty nest, so where did they go? One of life's great mysteries, I suppose (as at the moment I'm too lazy to do any research...).

I miss my little birdies already... Empty Nest Syndrome, of a sort? :)

Comments

[gryphonsinistre.livejournal.com]

Oh. Gone. sigh

*sniffles*

I wish them many fat worms!

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

We have many, many fat worms here. They will be happy! :)

I can bring the rose to GNEW with me, and you can pick it up there, if you like, rather than making an extra trip (going crazy now anyway... don't have a lot of spare time for leisurely dinners out... will take a rain check? :) ). Let me know!

[gryphonsinistre.livejournal.com]

If you bring it to GNEW, I'll have a rose to decorate my tent!

I will insist on a rain check, so we can relax and enjoy the day, and you can show me where you take all of your beautiful pictures.

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me. :) I'll see you in just over a week! Yay!

[anna-mickel.livejournal.com]

Awwww, they're all grown up! Already! Sheesh, kids nowadays...

Regarding the shells? I have no idea, that *is* one of those mysteries...

[bobbyvector.livejournal.com]

Aw...I was looking forward to more pictures!

Thanks for posting them. Seeing the pictures every morning brightened my day. :-)

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not quite done yet. :) Hoping to see the robins, maybe, around work, and there is another nest. Like I said, stay tuned for Birdiewatch: The Sequel!

I'm glad I could brighten your days. :)

Eggshells

[fairestyarrow.livejournal.com]

Mama birds typically take the egg shells out of the nest, fly away, & drop them, I think it's a cautionary measure, so as not to attract predators to potentially smelly shells, and to get them out of the way. I'm not sure how far they go, but I suspect it's something like 100+ yards.

Re: Eggshells

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

Ah ha... that makes sense. :) Thanks!