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waiting, hungry, watch
feed me feed me feed me-me!
waiting, hungry, watch
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feed me by Angie Quantrell
photos by Angie Quantrell
flycatchers in the Yakima Valley
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Every year, we have a pair of flycatchers nest in our parking shelter, an old cattle loafing shed. They LOVE this space to nest. Sadly, the first batch of hatchlings were all destroyed by a variety of cannibalistic birds! It was terrible. But I’m happy to say that all 4 in batch 2 have made it to the fledgling stage, are flying around willy-nilly, and will soon learn to hunt for themselves (the above exhausted parent and I both agree this needs to happen very soon).