Cardinal Eggs Safe ~ Babies Soon

@CarolDM (203396)

Nashville, Tennessee

June 11, 2020 5:12pm CST

I wrote about finding a cardinal nest in my yard on 6-02-2020 (link below). The eggs are incubated 11-13 days by the female. So you know what that means, right? Baby cardinals will be born any day now. I am trying not to get too excited yet. But it is happening just the same. The crazy bird lay or bird whisperer as a friend on here calls me, just cannot help not to be excited.

I am keeping fingers and toes crossed that these babies will survive. Photo ©CarolDM2020 Will keep you posted. And yes I climbed the ladder earlier to check on these eggs. Not a nest I can see without the ladder. Maybe that will keep them safe from predators.

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@snowy22315 (208801)

• United States

11 Jun 20

I hope you will have some little red babies very soon, although some will be brown with red beaks of course.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Jun 20

I hope so too. Yes they will.

@LowRiderX (22901)

• Serbia

12 Jun 20

I hope it will. And I hope the nest is high enough

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

This one is at least 6-7 feet off the ground. Hoping for the best.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

@LowRiderX Thanks, I saw other babies fledging their nests yesterday as well.

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@LowRiderX (22901)

• Serbia

12 Jun 20

@CarolDM Everything will be ok !! Not every nest will be destroyed, after all, you are here now, it happened then when you were not home

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

12 Jun 20

Waiting with you here.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Thanks for the support.

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Jun 20

Is this the nest you found in the grass?

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@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

16 Jun 20

@CarolDM I'm sorry, I got the two confused

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

16 Jun 20

@simone10 No problem.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 Jun 20

No, I explained above this one is at least six feet high, I used the ladder. Cardinal eggs. The others were wren babiies.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69161)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Jun 20

That is totally cool that you can climb ladders. Enjoy your new kids.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

It is a small five foot. Thank you!

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69161)

• Centralia, Washington

12 Jun 20

@CarolDM I can barely do a two step stool.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69161)

• Centralia, Washington

12 Jun 20

@CarolDM You will love this. I just looked out my front window and there were two California quail with their top knots bobbing on my deck railing. Made me laugh. I am so glad the dogs were in the house.

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@LindaOHio (222285)

• United States

12 Jun 20

Be careful on that ladder, Bird Whisperer! Thanks for keeping us updated. Have a marvelous Friday (How did it get to be Friday again so quickly?)

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Thank you my friend, more updates coming soon. Time is flying by. Enjoy!

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

11 Jun 20

I hope no one will kill the babies.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Me too!

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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

12 Jun 20

You are blessed with such new neighbors !It is said that the cardinal is the state bird of Ohio.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Actually there are seven states! Beautiful bird.

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@wolfgirl569 (135643)

• Marion, Ohio

12 Jun 20

Hope they all hatch.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Hope so too and they are safe too.

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@RasmaSandra (97957)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

12 Jun 20

How wonderful I sure hope those little ones hatch soon,

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Me too and hope they will survive.

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@moffittjc (128831)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Jun 20

Those are some cool looking eggs. I've never seen cardinal eggs before.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

They are beautiful to me! This is the first year for me too.

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@JudyEv (381908)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jun 20

Have you left the ladder in place or do you have to cart it out each time?

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

No it is a small five foot, so not too bad.

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@Janet357 (75638)

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12 Jun 20

yes. I want those eggs to be birds someday.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jun 20

Me too!

@freelancermariagrace (29342)

• Philippines

12 Jun 20

I really do hope they all survive!

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