Brown-headed Nuthatch Babies
Early in the evening, about an hour before sunset, there seemed to be baby birds everywhere in the back yard, all of them insistently begging to be fed. Two juvenile Eastern Bluebirds sat close together on a high branch of an oak, well sheltered by foliage. Two young Downy Woodpeckers were more active, exploring the trunks of one tree after another, and also begging and being fed. I think there were some Chickadee juveniles around, too, but the most vocal babies were two tiny Brown-headed Nuthatch juveniles in a large pine at the corner of the back yard, with both parents, fluttering their wings, begging in a high, wheezy version of the nuthatch squeaky call, and being fed.
The evening was warm, cloudy and a little windy, with rumbles of thunder now and then, but no rain. Chimney Swifts chittered as they flew overhead. A Great Crested Flycatcher called Breet.