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Engine

the engine housing
on outside porch ceiling fan....
mud-dobbing bird's nest 
cat's small water bowl
nearly empty, needs refill....
one downy feather
through kitchen window
keep watch, no activity....
next day look again 
anxiously wonder birds fate

The adult birds have gone I think. I see no activity. I don't know if the freezing temperatures destroyed the eggs, if one of the parents died or what could possibly have happened. I wonder if they will refresh the nest and try again or if one of them died.

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Judy Ball Date: 4/8/2021 8:14:00 PM Hmmm Maybe they never laid any eggs and just decided it wasn't a safe place to have a nest and left. Love the pic here. God Bless, JB Login to Reply Sara Kendrick Date: 4/8/2021 11:21:00 PM Judy, I will keep on watching and see if they come back. They reared 3 babies last year and I enjoyed watching them in the spring and into the mid-summer. I looked it up and it said that sometimes once the eggs are laid they would go away before they started to incubate the eggs so maybe that is the problem. Sara

Tom Cunningham Date: 4/8/2021 3:45:00 AM Oh dear sounds like the cat has been busy doing what cats do. Tom Login to Reply Sara Kendrick Date: 4/8/2021 3:51:00 AM Tom, I don't know if the cat got one when they were down from the nesting area getting food or if they decided it was not a safe place or maybe they are still there. I will know when it gets light outside once again. Sara