Listen to the Mockingbird

The eggs have hatched! And all five survived.
We identified the birds as Northern Mockingbirds. Melanie gets credit for identifying the birds. Dave gets credit for the photos. Here's the story in pictures.

We spotted the eggs in our backyard tree in mid-May.


Here is the tree with the nest. Look closely and you can see the parents standing guard on each fence post.


The eggs hatched about a week after the fifth egg was laid.


Here they are less than a week after hatching.


They thought I was the mother, and they opened their mouths for food.


Here is the mother (or maybe the father) protecting the newborns.


About 10 days after hatching, there is only one bird that hasn't left the nest.