Love is in the Air

042209: Admittedly, I am posting many bird photos lately, but seriously, there are many birds around here! Many flirting birds!

These itty-bitty eggs are the result of some serious courtship between two House Finches. The female built her nest in the same exact location that last year's nest was built, but it didn't survive the winter. The nest is located under our patio, inside the eave and on top of the exterior shade housing we installed. (Got that?) The point is - we can see the nest from just inside our house including the nest building, egg laying, and incubation. In about 14 days, we should see the hatchlings. Itty-bitty hatchlings.