Yesterday when the thunder and hail and rain and wind storms were coming through the Valley of the Gallatin, we had, what I thought was, two crazy robins struggeling to build a nest on top of the light by our back door. The top of the light is pointed and very slick, and all day long they kept hauling the nesting materials through the storms only to find that the last load had slipped, or been blown, off the light fixture when they returned with the next batch of grass. At the end of the day, there were three sad strings of old grass hanging over the light, and not a robin in sight.
This morning, it was very evident that these birds didn't give up easily, and they had a respectible pile of grass on the fixture. By late afternoon, the nest was complete and ready for the young couple to move into.
I have had second thoughts about allowing birds to nest under the awning. The mess is already in evidence. But my heart went out to them with all of their arduous labor, and I have grandchildren who will love to see the powder blue eggs and watch as the babies learn to stretch their wings and fly. I just couldn't find it in myself to destroy something so amazing.
So, It looks like we have some new neighbors for a couple of months. I hope they don't throw any wild parties!
1 comments:
That is very cool! Evan's preschool teacher has a dcorative bird house outside her front door. A couple of birds decided it was perfect and build a nest and laid eggs. The other day we were there and got to see (and hear, they are very loud) the babies. It was pretty neat. We have some just outside the kitchen window, in a hole in the tree. we can't see them but we do watch the Mom, coming and going with food.
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