Lesser Goldfinches: male feeding female on nest!

This afternoon marked 12 days since we first saw the goldfinches and their nest outside our classroom window! The bird books say the incubation period is 12 days, but I don't know if the first egg hatches after 12 days or if it's 12 days from when the clutch is complete. Today I snapped three pictures of the male feeding the female, and they're much clearer than the one I got before!

Last week we watched the female stand up in her nest and move the eggs around with her head several times, and the kids really enjoyed watching her and writing about it and all the feeding behaviors. It's so much fun to have our own viewing platform to observe nesting behavior from!

daddy goldfinch feeding mama goldfinch

It's so hard to teach and catch a picture of this! She starts twittering when he's around, and then the kids at the viewing platform squeal when he swoops down to feed her! At first some of the kids thought they were kissing! I hope to borrow a camera to get some video footage of this!