Babies

In a previous post I mentioned that we had 4 blackbird eggs in a nest near to the mobile home. Last week the eggs hatched! I'm not sure if all 4 survived but I definitely counted 3 chicks in the nest. I didn't have a chance to photograph them in the nest. I tried today but as I sneaked up to the nest with the camera I saw the chicks hopping around chirping to each other. I nearly stepped on one! I kept an eye out and the daddy bird was definitely checking up on them so I assume that they were meant to be out of the nest even though I haven't seen them attempt to fly. They are anow the size of my clenched fist so I doubt if they can all fit in the nest anymore!