Changes

Remember the nest of 4 eggs in the pine tree...

with mother Robin keeping watch...

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then they hatched into fragile babies with fuzz...

who all slept a lot...

.

well they sprouted a thin coat of feathers...

but remained just as sleepy...

.

within days their feathers thickened...

and wide awake and hungry they became...

...changing...

between feedings
they would still close their eyes and rest...

...waiting to be fed.



Always ready for food...
opening their mouth wide...
when they thought it was time.




They became very alert...
looking more like
their parents as they grew...
... changing...




Then one day I found them in the trees...

and not long after that...changing to this...

but not a complete change...

still being lovingly fed...

-all photos enlarge-

and later taught to search on their own.

Baby deer can be found this time of year...

quietly waiting somewhere for their mother's return.

This was a family of three last year...

-twin fawns-

The mother brought them to the bird feeders often

throughout the winter.

Then this early spring...

they could be seen visiting alone...

-changing-

They each have different personalities...

one is a little more cautious than the other...
and always seems ready to flee.

Just last week they were visiting in the field...

you can see they are beginning to grow antlers.
-changing-

Maybe those antler nubs itch a little!

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Remember
the Morel mushroom I found in the woods...

but didn't pick because it was passed it's prime.

Well it later changed to this...

In the garden

the Poppies and Iris are still in bloom...

but with each day...changing.

Spent Iris blooms turn in on themselves.

The Poppies...once so full

turn into seed pods on long thin stems...

...changing...

This moth changed once from a caterpillar...

maybe a caterpillar that looked just like this...

and this clinging pod only looks like a caterpillar on a Poppy...

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which makes for a unique change in the Poppy.