We've had a birdhouse up for years now. One of the kids made it at some point, and with a few modifications, it's been up ever since. But this is the first year that it's actually been used by anything. In the past, I've seen chickadees check it out, but it didn't seem like it was to their liking. This year, though, we've finally got a pair nesting there. The eggs must have just hatched, because yesterday I saw one of the parents carting off what could only have been a bit of eggshell.
All the other local birds seemed to have fledged their young by now. The juvenile cardinals and robins have been more or less on their own for weeks now. It seemed like a particularly successful year for the cardinals. As to the catbirds, I can't be sure. I saw the two of them collecting nesting material at one point, but never could pinpoint the nest. I still see the adults around, but as to any offspring, I couldn't say.
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