On our property, we set up a couple of nesting boxes several years ago. Mountain chickadees have used them every year. This year, only one of the boxes was used. The young chickadees fledged, or left the nest, this past Tuesday and I happened to be home when it happened. I had no idea how many young were in the box until they fledged when I found out it was three. That just happens to be the same number we’ve had each year. This was the third and final fledgling and this photo was taken only minutes after it left the nest. There’s a bonus photo on my blog showing the fledgling still in the nest box looking out.