Springtime Promises
Fab Hub and Kidzilla discovered a new tenant on our street when we returned from church on Sunday afternoon…
You can just see Mamma Bird’s head sticking up in the nest that sits in the crook of our tree. She’s a seriously dedicated Mom – didn’t move a feather when Zilla was dancing around under the tree smelling the blooms and shouting about how beautiful they are.
They truly were worth shouting about today – as was the blue sky – even at risk of disturbing a resting Mamma Bird. These are some lovelies down the street…
We’ve had birds in the tree out front just about every year since we moved here. Fab Hub says they are using the same nest, but the birds seem to be different each time. So tenant is a perfect description for them. It’s fun to watch them doing their little bird things…Mom sits on the nest; Dad goes out and brings back stuff he finds. And in not too long, we’ll have baby birds out there hollering for their breakfast.
Zilla was pretty excited about that prospect. Fab Hub was pretty excited to tell her about it and hold her up so she could see the nest a little bit better.
I’m pretty excited about the hope and promise that waits within all of these beautiful gifts.
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That is so cool! The trees at my house are still too new to sport nests in them. Unfortunately the only birds that seem to roost here are pigeons.
Pigeons? Interesting.
I have been obsessed with baby birds and bird nests ever since birds started making their nests in my lemon tree a few years ago. Whenever I think I hear baby birds, I go outside to find where they are. When we first moved into our house 12 years ago, my husband attached a birdhouse to our fence. For the first time last year a bird made a nest in the house and had babies. I feel a little juvenile getting so excited over such things, but this is something I never got to encounter or experience when I was a child. I love it!
That is really cool, Heather. I wonder if our little friends would use a house if we hung one. Perhaps next year.
In my office building (which is a little run down), birds have made a nest in a broken light fixture. They are starting to get really protective and not allowing people to come up and down the nearby staircase. I can’t wait until I get to hear the little baby peeping sounds. I definitely share your daughter’s joy.
Actually in the building? How bizarre. Still exciting though, right?
Oh, I love when birds camp out nearby like that. I don’t see them too often here.
A duck made a nest near my workplace once. It laid eggs and protected the nest for months before finally moving on. It would hiss when anyone got too close.
A duck? Wow. I definitely do not think we’ve had ducks that close. Some geese in the cornfield across the street, maybe, but that’s mostly just a snack pit-stop. Did you get to see baby ducks hatch?
No nests yet, our trees aren’t big enough yet. But my mother has a blackbird which nests in her garden shed each year, on the exact same spot (on top of a rusty hoe -don’t ask). Last year the shed was destroyed during a storm and mom figured the bird wouldn’t be returning anyway so she got rid of the hoe. Guess who has to buy a new hoe…
How funny!