Baby Blue has been very hyperactive in the nest this morning!!  I’ve been monitoring the activity as I work on a “downsizing” project.  And Mama Blue has been sitting–for hours–just outside the bird house.  I’ve never witnessed this before. Does this mean, as I speculated yesterday, that Baby Blue is almost ready to abandon the confinement he has known these past few weeks??  Yes, “he” because (even at this early age) the feathers are very blue (the indication it’s a male). With all the movement, I dare not open the door because he might fledge prematurely.

For the first time in months, I really felt motivated to tackle the “downsizing” project again.  Suddenly the boxes that I labeled “save” don’t seem very important!!  I’ll begin to load the KIA and take items to a thrift shop raising money for their battered women shelter.

Postscript, Friday, June 21, 2013, 11:00 AM: I’m busy with my renewed interest in downsizing.  But I took time to check on Junior.  I was extremely careful because he has been so active the last two mornings.  Then one of my squirrel friends “posed” for me so, of course, I had to take his picture.