Fledgeling Cardinals

The third post/update on our little Cardinal chicks.They are fledgelings now and I can't believe how much they have grown in just 9 days. It's amazing. I don't know how many more good pictures I'll be able to get now that they have left the nest. They'll soon be a handful for Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal and difficult to keep up with.

Cardinals still feed and tend to their young for 25-50 days after they've left the nest. Then they mate again and have a late summer brood.















At 8 days old, they have grown so much they fill up the nest.














Leaving the nest at 9 days, I can't believe I actually got this shot.













Posing for his picture.














This one looks a little more disheveled.