I've been keeping track of Mrs. Cardinal and her nest which is in a Buddleia seedling that arose under the eave of the porch. July 28th I saw three eggs in the nest and it wasn't until today that they hatched. That was a long time in the heat where temps came close to 100 and the poor cardinal sat with her beak open.

The newly-hatched babies are quite ugly at this point.

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