Oscar Eat It?

We have three baby birds in our big tree. We have been watching them since we they were eggs. Just last week they were naked birds with closed eyes.

Last night Ben went outside to water the plants and heard Mama (the mama bird) going crazy and screaming. Ben went along the side of the house and saw a cat trying to get one of the babies.

We chased the cat off, and returned the baby to his nest.

Here is a picture of the baby we saved.
Here is one of the other little chubby birds, safe.
Then this morning, Ben is outside with Oscar, and I hear madness coming from outside. It sounds like a million birds freaking out. Apparently, it was only three adult birds and Oscar had gotten one of the babies in his mouth and all three adults were screaming at him and diving at him.

Luckily Oscar chickened out and dropped the baby bird, who jumped off to safety.

Finn and I were standing on the porch while all this was going on. When we walked inside, Finn asked "Oscar eat it?", then kept repeating "Oscar bite". He is so observant.

Hopefully the babies all learn to fly today or at least learn to not jump out of their nest. Keeping those babies safe, is like a full time job.