"Lil bro, I got a bad feeling here. Mama ain't coming back."
"How'm I the lil bro? We the same size."
"Point is, we gotta get our own food now."
"Oh, wonderful, just how I wanted to wake up today."
They ended up waiting about half an hour before they gave up and ventured to the feeders on their own. Adulting sucks...
@365projectorgchristine It's about 2 hours later, and she has not come back, but they're figuring things out for themselves. I imagine she's giving them more & more time alone each day. The Bluebirds have a similar strategy. At first, the daddy Bluebird "hovered" a lot over the fledglings, but now he just checks in once in a while.
