Last month, we had this family of birds living in our gutter. We would see the mama bird flying into the garden looking for worms and insects to feed her hungry chicks. Here she is with a mouthful of goodies to feed her young ones. (bigify photo to view larger)
Then one day when I was watering the garden, the momma bird was squawking at me. I looked down at the flower bed and saw a teeny tiny bird. I guess she was trying to scare me away from her baby. Poor little birdie fell from the gutter. This is a bad photo unfortunately. The little guy was under all this brush and I couldn't really get close enough for a good photo. He didn't even have his eyes opened yet. My husband found his siblings on our driveway, but they didn't make it. I told the hubs that I was glad I didn't see that, I'm a wimp when it comes to stuff like that. I would probably just start crying. Luckily this little fella fell on the soft flower bed. It broke his fall. I didn't see the bird for a long time I hope he survived the elements! Its funny, these are probably the same kinds of birds I curse at when I always see them in our garden eating our newly planted seedlings or sowed seeds. However when I see them as mommies and babies, I can't help but feel like I want them to make it! They are really really cute!
7 comments:
We hope the little guy made it, too, even if he comes back to eat your seeds!
I thought I was seeing double for a minute.
I hope that that little guy did okay!
We hope the little birdie made it too.
We saw your post yesterday and have to confess that some of us like to lick the gravy too,heehee
Mom will not buy it too often,she gets the pate :)
It's fun to be spoiled!!!!!
Purrs Mickey,Georgia & Tillie
Oh dear! I wonder if something much bigger saw those babies! Poor bird mom and little bird.
When we had hawks in our tree we had lots of casualties, which made my mom and I sad. We have a lot of little bird graves in the back yard.
We hope that little birdie made it and is eating your garden seedlings!!
As cats, of course we are predators. However, we respect life and it does not make us happy to see a nest destroyed. Nature has ways none of us understands.
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