On May 30, 2015 I was on the back porch and noticed a nest inside the hibiscus tree with two small eggs inside. The nest was facing the kitchen window.
The next day there were two more eggs.
And finally there were five!!
That day, June 1st 2015 mama bird started sitting on her eggs.
After posting photos of the eggs on facebook, I found out from a friend that they were most likely cardinal eggs. We do have lots of beautiful cardinals all around our house quite frequently. Apparently only the male cardinal is bright red with a black "mask" across the face. The female cardinal has some red mixed within her feathers and has a bright red beak.
On June 2nd she was faithfully sitting on her nest.
The next day we were having our kids and grandkids come for a week-long visit and we were planning to spend a lot of time on the back porch. Not wanting to disturb mama bird (she would leave every time someone opened the back door) we changed our plans and mostly kept watch through the kitchen window whenever we were home...which really wasn't all that often.
Needless to say I didn't get photos over the next 10 days or so, and frankly there wasn't anything new to see. On June 11th there were still 5 eggs in the nest.
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