Yesterday, the three eggs in the Tree Swallow nest were arranged carefully on a bed of white fine feathers (above). The long feathers upright around the cup are placed carefully by the female adult to hide the eggs from predators. This morning, the eggs were hatched (below). The 3 baby birds look like pink wriggling gummy worms. They have no feathers and cannot control their movements, so they flop around until one of the parents will bring a food item. Then the babies will ‘gape’ their beak open to receive food.
