Cardinal nest

Go figure that the first nest with babies we would come across would not be out here but at my parents' home in town. They noticed activity in and around the nesting box that Dave built and installed for them, so Dave thought he would get the ladder and take a look inside. While he was investigating, he noticed a male and female Cardinal in the next tree over and they started to chirp and wag their tail feathers at him, telling him to get lost. Dave was able to get a quick picture and we think there are three very newly hatched baby cardinals in there. Very exciting! The nesting box contained the start of nest construction by a pair of Chickadees, so there will likely be two families raising their young in the backyard. We plan to go take some more pictures later in the week and document their growth.