Did we miss spring??

Jolene's pear tree looked like a good place to park the picnic table for a harvesting project. The punks were pulling wild chamomile (the "dog fennel" variety) from the horse pasture, bringing it in by the wheelbarrow load. Sitting down to cut the flower heads off was a luxury, after all the bending and snipping and pulling I've been doing this month.

But what was that persistant sound? It finally got through my chamomile concentration to register, "That sounds like baby birds..." And close by, too. A quick scan determined there must be a nest in the pear tree, and the babies were probably robins because there were two very unhappy robin parents scolding from the fence.

Robins are experts at hiding nests right in plain sight...

and even when you finally spot the nest, you have to do some maneuvering to see through the leaves...

to catch a glimpse of the nestlings. Yes, you have been discovered. Don't panic, I'm just taking a picture.

But what is going on with your nestmate? Looks like he's...he's ....

leaking some STUFFING??? My goodness. I did not realize, that baby robins were stuffed with kapok...

This guy is in danger of exploding...I have visions of a huge dandelion-like fluff floating about with a baby robin attatched to the bottom.

Oh my. There's another one.

Watch out for giant babyrobin puff-balls floating by...

Bombs away.