Time to Move On

        Here are two photos of Carolina wren babies getting ready for life. The top photo shows five babies near a nest placed in the garden shed. Wrens like to locate their nests in odd locations. What's interesting is that the birds have left the nest for a spot on the shelf nearby. The parents were very upset with me when I took the photos. I tried to tell them that I'd not send them to the newspaper (but then violated my trust by posting them here).
         The bottom phot shows one fledgling a couple of days later, having flew from the previous perch to an overturned flower pot--just beginning to fly on its own, but not yet ready to leave the safety of the shed.