Nestled in the bush beside cabin #4 is a mother partrige sitting on her nest protecting her 11 small eggs. She’s been on the nest for roughly 2 weeks now. Every once in a while we silently go down to see if there is any progress made. She doesn’t even flinch, not a feather moves. We are quite excited to see her babies successfully join the rest of the world. It should be any day now.

Our second family addition is a nest of chicks conveniently or not so conveniently tucked away in our minnow shed. You can bet that mom and dad stay very close and get pretty excited whenever we enter the shed. The chicks are just getting feathers now but still too young to do anything on their own. Larry was careful when taking the picture of their nest, after all, the parents of the chicks have claimed the shed as “their home” for the time being.

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