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[sockmonkeyhere]

LIFTOFF! The Barnes Family is Officially Airborne!

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[sockmonkeyhere]

*g* Aren't their expressions priceless? It's just due to the shape of their beaks and their color markings, but they always look SO. PISSED. OFF. XD

[petzipellepingo]

"TWO WORDS: TIPPI HEDREN."

Bwah, ha, ha!

[sockmonkeyhere]

If looks could peck! XD

[sueworld2003]

Oh this is all so wonderful. You must be so proud of the wee offspring. :D

[sockmonkeyhere]

Proud and RELIEVED. And happy for the mother bird, who'll soon be able to eat solely for herself again. :D

[shapinglight]

I do love a story with a happy ending. It's wonderful what you've done for these birds, Socky. Prettty sure they wouldn't have made it without you.

[sockmonkeyhere]

*g* You should have seen me when I spotted the chicks on the power line! I gasped and then I cheered and then I ran and got the camera and started snapping pictures and at one point I almost fell on my ass. (Looking at the sky while backing up on a crumbling driveway is not the best of ideas.)

[curiouswombat]

You and the widder have done a very good job of bringing up your children - congratulations to you both!!

[sockmonkeyhere]

Thank you! The Widder did most of the work. My cat Timmy helped, too -- right after the chicks hatched we had an unseasonal cold spell for a couple of nights, so I cut a big handful of hair off of him and covered the chicks with it. Widder Barnes later wove it into the nest lining.

[manoah]

He did his part to make up for the Father Barnes' demise, yeah?

[sockmonkeyhere]

He wasn't the culprit in that case; it was one of the outdoor kittehs. Timmy is very tolerant of wildlife (and he has hair to spare) -- here's some shots of him bonding with a possum:

http://sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com/49601.html#cutid1