Tuesday, May 17, 2005
You'd think after the heartaches with Hero and Jack Jack and the terrible trauma of the robin's nest last year I'd be sick and tired of birds and nests and eggs. But on the contrary I still love birds (always have) and I still get excited when I discover a nest or hear them singing in the morning. And if you've never heard the birds sing at 5:00am in Connecticut, you've never really heard birds singing in the morning. Anyway, a few weeks ago, while we were watching the new "Work and the Glory" movie, I noticed that we had a pair of birds flying around our front porch. . . a lot! So, great detective that I am, I gathered up "da boyz" and we ran outside and laid on our bellies in the grass and watched to see what exactly was going on on our front porch. And sure enough, two little birds were busily building their tiny little nest right above our front door. And a few days ago, after noticing that mama bird was hanging around a little more than usual, I pulled out the ladder and climbed up to have a look (along with three little boys in tow). Here's what we found. 
I'm hopeful this time we might have little babies actually hatch--since this nest seems to be in a place the blue jays and skunks and squirrels can't get to! I'll pull out the ladder in another week or so and we shall see. We think it's a House Finch (although we aren't positive) and their eggs take about 11 days to hatch. How exciting!
posted by Shana # 8:12 PM 
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