4 little "Ricky's" found in the nestbox today!

Today we went out to the Christmas Tree Trail to check in on the nest of Lucy and Desi.  We saw Lucy fly out of her box, so we took advantage of this opportunity and quickly went to take a peek inside (I had checked the box yesterday, but Lucy was sitting tight on her nest, so I closed the box up and let her be).  As we opened the box, we were very excited to see 4 tiny little hatchlings in the nest!  Scott Ford, one of our board members and an Avian Veterinarian, lightly touched them and said they were warm to the touch and dry, two very good signs!  A couple of the hatchlings also gaped (opened their mouth wide for food) when they were touched. I noticed that the four hatchlings were laying on top of one of the un-hatched eggs.  The other egg was not seen under the hatchlings, so either those eggs will hatch soon, or they are not viable and will not hatch.  Scott said that he felt the hatchlings were no more than 1 day old, and because they were dry, he believes they may have hatched yesterday.  It is hard to say since I was unable to see any of the eggs yesterday when Lucy was sitting on the nest, and there is a chance that the other eggs may still hatch, so we are going to say they were officially "hatched" on June 10, 2011.  We are absolutely thrilled and we will keep you up to date on how Lucy and Desi's new family is doing!