We had a busy day today. I got woken up by a strange sound. It took me a few minutes before I realized it was a rooster crowing! I’m not sure which one it was, but one of the roosters has finally found his voice. I joked with Kris that the hens were behind and needed to get on the laying already.
A little later in the morning, we saw a baby deer outside. He was by himself, no older deer anywhere to be seen. Hard to tell from this picture but he was tiny.
Then we met up with a few friends at the beach. There, the kids found a fish backbone.
Later a baby bird, which they thought they were helping when they found it on the ground all alone and brought it to us. We could hear poor mama screeching away at us and it was pretty neat watching the reunion when we returned the baby. Lots of learning about baby animals and birds and what to do if we think an animal might be in trouble. Anyone know what type of bird this is? I thought maybe a mockingbird because they were on the ground, but the baby doesn’t really look it and the mother stayed too far away to get a good look at her.
Us and one other family stayed pretty late on the beach. Fiona napped in the sand.
While the other kids built themselves a fort using scraps they found around the beach.
Just as we were leaving a family showed up with a cool looking dragon kite and let the kids play with it for a while. Unfortunately I didn’t get a great picture of it.
Home again and I went out to the chicken coop and found two eggs waiting for me there! They weren’t in the nest boxes though, but in a corner on the ground which I only check every few days. It was really hot yesterday so I’m not sure if the eggs are actually good to eat, but now I will definitely be checking every day!
I took a picture with a toonie for comparison’s sake, but as I was uploading the pictures thought I should have taken a picture with a store-bought egg. These first ones are pretty tiny, which I expected, but the shells are definitely nice and hard. I can’t wait to crack them open!
And now, we’re all tuckered out and it’s time for bed. Good night!
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