If I Knew.....

Ohhhhh, if I knew which critter did the dastardly deed, I would exact the same punishment on it!

When I took Emma outside this afternoon I didn't see the Momma or Daddy Redbirds anywhere. Nor did I hear their familiar chirps. When I checked the nest, I saw it was empty. Then I saw evidence of the massacre. The poor little babies were just starting to get really fuzzy feathers. It could have been the owl....he was eyeing the Daddy yesterday and was perched just above the nest. He did fly off to a yard a couple of houses away, but he could have remembered where to come back when 'the human' was gone. Or we have lots of squirrels in the neighborhood and in our yard. I was just soooo disappointed.....I wanted to see them grow into the lovely birds like the Momma and Daddy.