I’m grateful every day for my own growing up, a little more each day, and I’m also grateful for the opportunity and the joy of watching the baby phoebes growing up each day. Every chance I get between other obligations I step outside and shoot a few frames of the action in the phoebe nest. The feeding shot took place at 5:22 this evening, and the adorable ‘first flight’ (that I saw, anyway) took place at 6:55. It won’t be long before they’ve left the nest, but I am grateful that I have a couple of days ahead where I can spend a lot of time with them.