Day 137...Birdies-n-Bugs

Day 137

 I could say "please don't eat the daisies"....

or "DAMN the bugs that are eating my Coneflowers!!!"

There's always a pest of some sort when you have a garden but my pretty Coneflowers 

haven't even made it into full bloom yet... :(

I just discovered this cobwebby looking stuff tonight. 

Spider mites, maybe? 

I wonder if they eat Coneflowers? Something sure did!

My baby Cardinals... :) 

All I did was move a branch out of my way and I guess they thought it was one of their parents coming to feed them...The INSTANT I touched the branch they popped straight up like this with their little beaks wide open...so sweet...
I hope no pesky mean birds or snake finds them before they can fly!

 I won't be trying for another photo for at least a week.
I don't want to bother them too much.

 they sure do look different than they will later!