Why we have hanging pots showcasing DEAD plants!

I'm going to go ahead and just state the obvious....I love colorful plants...but I'm terrible at remembering to water the hanging plants. I have no idea why. So our poor hanging plants have suffered this year. I finally remembered to water them a few weeks ago. They were so dry that the water was just pouring over the side because it didn't have time to soak in. So I brought the plant down to be able to watch the water go in and realized that a bird had built a nest in the left planter closest to the front door. So I took the next out and watered my plants.

Then a day or two later I was leaving the house and I must've spooked the bird because she went flying out of the planter. I took the planter down off the hook and sure enough she had rebuilt her nest, but now she had 3 little eggs in the planter. One was already a cast off because it wasn't even down in the nest. But there were two that momma was patiently sitting on trying to get them to hatch. So I knew at this point it was either let my plants die or remove the nest again and possibly kill the baby birds by disturbing the nest. I wasn't about to kill birds....so death to my plants. So I did not water my plants any more and a few days later the eggs hatched and you could hear the baby birds chirping for food. Then over the next few days you would see momma and another bird (I assume daddy), alternating feeding the babies. It was kind of fun to watch the process. I'm surprised at how quick those babies grew. It was only a matter of a few days to a week. Then today I go outside with Alli and see that one of the babies is sitting up on top of the soil and out of the dug out nested area. I thought, well the babies are starting to get stronger and braver. So I put Alli down safely inside the house and decided to get pictures.

Here is baby bird in the midst of my dead plant

close up of baby bird. Kind of ugly...the feathers haven't fully developed.

I don't think he/she cared that I was that close and taking pictures

Then I caught a glimpse of another bird in the grass to the right of my porch. I thought it might have been momma looking for food. But the bird was just sitting there and not pecking into the dirt for worms....So I went around in the grass to get a better look and it's the second baby bird. I guess he/she had already gotten daring and flew out/fell out of the nest. This one cared a little more about me wanting a picture and tried to fly away. His/her wings still aren't strong enough yet and he/she could only fly a few feet away.

He/She saying get away...or feed me...haha who knows bird talk??I guess the other bird in the nest still might have been wondering where bro/sis went...or he/she could've cared less. Alli and I went to run errands later today and when we came home I found this to my surprise.

The second baby made it out of the nest and was chillin on my rocking chair. Again, this bird could care less that Alli and I were 4 feet from it and making noise. I went inside and put Alli down for the night. When I came back out to water, both babies are now no where to be found. They have spread their wings to fly. :) I thought they were cute and just wanted to share.