Danger is afoot

We have reached stage #2 in the swallow department: fledging.

The two older chicks hopped out of the nest yesterday; we lost one (the cats got it) and the other one is hiding somewhere around the front porch. :)

Earlier B#4 had found it on the porch behind some rain boots and tried to pick it up to put it back in the nest. The little thing got scared and tried to fly away but didn't quite make it. Guess where it landed. On B#4's head!! I rushed to get the camera before the bird decided to go away but it decided that B#4's head was more comfortable then on the ground and was content to stay.






I don't know where it is now but it's very interesting trying to go outside. Whenever you go out now, both parent birds start making a lot of noise and begin dive-bombing the unsuspecting victim (which was me). All I was doing was taking the kitchen scraps out to the chickens when the attack began; those little birds mean business! And to think, there's still one more chick left to fledge... Danger is afoot.

~B#2