There's a family of Purple Martins living in my backyard. They leave each winter and come back each spring to nest in my bird condo. Purple Martins are awesome creatures. They have a call that is so beautiful. They mate for life. And once they pick their home, as long as their landlord (which is me, in this case) maintains the property, they return each year to build a new nest and have more baby birds. So this spring, I was thrilled to see that my tenants had indeed returned to my bird condo for yet another year. Guess I'm a good landlord!
Just 2 weeks after I noticed they had returned, I spotted 5 eggs in the nest. And not even 4 weeks after that, I heard the baby birds inside the nest. It was difficult for me to tell whether all 5 eggs had hatched and whether all 5 babies had survived. When I checked on the babies, I could only see 3.
But based on the video I shot today, it would seem that all 5 babies are alive and well. The video I took is of the mother and father teaching their babies how to fly. I love it! It gave me goose bumps to stand outside and listen to the mother and father calling out to their babies, showing them how to leap off the railing of the birdhouse and how to land again. I'm a little sad to think that the family will be leaving soon, but I am so hopeful that they will return next spring again.
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