One of the wonderful things about being out in nature is that you never know what you will find.
Friday, after the afternoon storm, I was outside letting my dogs do their business. Maggie-Grace, my white long-hair Chihuahua, spotted something hopping in the yard. Luckily, her lead would only go so far. It was a baby bird that couldn't fly yet. Its little wings had not filled out yet nor was it's tail feathers. Mama bird was watching from the Crepe Myrtle tree at one corner of the house and daddy bird was in the birch tree at the other corner of the house. I couldn't bare to see him out in the middle of the yard and can't get to the shelter of a tree. So, my husband and I "shooed" it to the bush right beside the crepe myrtle that mommy was in. There was another storm brewing, so I was worried about "Little Bit".
On Saturday morning, as I was letting my dogs out, I walked around to the bush to see if Littel-Bit was still there. He WAS there,... safe, and alive. So, I called my daughter to come outside with me to get him to our big oak tree in the front yard where the mama and daddy always fly to. She takes her shirt and covers over Little-Bit. She carries the baby bird and I carry a ladder to the oak tree. She carefully climbs the ladder to place Little-Bit on one of the biggest branches which also has shelter from the canopy of the tree leaves. Little-Bit hops out of the shirt and settles-in on the branch. My worry s that mama and daddy won't take care of it now.
Later in the evening on Saturday, I watched mama and daddy flying back and forth to the tree. When they left the tree, I could hear a little chirp-chirp. When they flew back in the tree, the chirp was stop....so, I knew they were feeding it for sure.
This morning, I walked out to check on Little-Bit. It had moved to a smaller branch a little closer to the nest.....see picture. My heart felt warm to see him!!!!
We had a couple of robins that hopped out of their nest last year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on Lil Bit. I too love to watch nature. The last several weeks I have been house/dog sitting for some friends who have an incredible back yard. It is fully landscaped with plants and lighting to highlight the beauty of the yard. They have a small fountain that is timed to bubble away in the evening. As I sat outside and listened to the water bubbling and enjoying the wonderful flowers and plants, I notice a quick swish going by the fountain. I watched closely for minute and realized it was a humming bird! How amazing that little bird is. I watched as it fluttered and drank from the fountain and then as it zoomed away and back again.
ReplyDeleteGod has certainly created some wonderful company for us here on this planet. I only wish more people would stop and appreciate what is all around us.