Wild Life

Never thought that we could just sit and enjoy watching birds from our kitchen window.

But we did!

In addition to the chickadees we had Eurasian Magpies.

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These birds are huge! 

I hear they are not very nice birds, but they can't be shot because they are protected migratory birds. I guess I'll be chasing birds.

We also had a pheasant stop by for a visit.

I think it has a nest in the high weeds behind the tree.

On our last day we found a hawk in the shop

We have a hole in the roof where the chimney from a wood stove used to be. We used to have something stuffed in that hole, but the sun and the heat broke the plastic down, it crumbled apart and the hole is open again. We're guessing that she (guess it's a she) slipped in thru that hole and couldn't find her way back out. 

We left the garage door open so she could fly out and stuffed that hole right up again. Hope it doesn't fall in before we come for our next visit and trap another bird!

Looking forward to seeing more wild life....wonder what we'll see next.

Aloha A Hui Hou!

Stuh-pid Birds

One of the things we got to enjoy last summer was all the nesting birds and watching them feed their babies. This year the birds were just starting to nest.

I was surprised that on one of the first mornings I found a piece of egg shell.

A few days later while Roger was mowing/weedwhacking the tall grass he came across this nest.

We think they are quail eggs. After he cut the grass, we think the "parents" abandoned the nest.

A few days later Roger told me to get my camera and come outside. He lead me to this

Now let me zoom out so you see where it is

Yup, you're seeing right. The stuh-pd birds build a nest under the hood of the TRUCK.Why would they ever build a nest in a moving vehicle?

Naturally we couldn't leave them there. Wearing a pair of gloves I gently lifted the nest out of the engine and put them under the lilac bush (where the parents were hiding)

I included a few of the feathers so they might recognize their nest, but after a few days, the nest was still untouched. So sad :o(

Totally unrelated, one of the blogs I follow, Thrifty Decor Chick, is hosting a link page this week where you can share your yard. I'm looking forward to lots of ideas for our hole in the yard.

Aloha a Hui Hou!