Nature's Marvels:

 With our nearest neighbor almost a mile down the road and none the other way for several miles we live remotely in an oasis of green that the wildfire of 2018, did not burn. There is one house on the next road down from us but we rarely see any activity there. Behind us is a green belt.

Therefore we have a lot of wildlife and feathered friends concentrated in our small area. From our first year here we have had Fly Catchers nest on the house - but mostly under the deck. That gives us a chance to see them from the building of the nest to when the eggs are hatched and finally as the tiny birds take their first flight.  The baby birds seem to instinctively know that they are not to make a peep so they won't give away their nest and be exposed to predators. We have seen this from year to year and the pattern is always the same. 

I have noticed when the parents feel the baby birds are ready to fly they stop feeding them. From the time those little eggs hatch until they can take wing and fly the parents work diligently day after day to keep them fed. Then comes the day they need to go out on their own and be the next generation of Fly Catchers that they were intended to be. 

It is like the parents tell them  - "the food is abundant out there, it is time for you to be free to get it on your own". The little guys then leave the nest and start their journey. I have noticed the parents will be in the vicinity to make sure they are safe and then when they have established themselves they are on their own and the parents have done their job. Next year the cycle goes on and the new birds are the parents. Nature is interesting and very efficient.