Sweet, yet demanding!
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
Archives
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
Categories
- Country Gardening (544)
- Country Living (160)
- Field Notes (434)
- Inspirational Quotes (78)
- My Photos (1,230)
- Uncategorized (71)
Recent Comments
-
Posts I Like
Blogs I Follow
- Sweet Cactus Flower
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- GreenDreams
- Feathers & Leaves
- Rtistic
- Nature Diary
- Be Unique. Be Real. Be Unforgettable.
- randomandsuperficialthoughts.wordpress.com/
- Cosmos and Cleome
- Handmade by Lennea
- shelleymwhite.wordpress.com/
- Backyard Bird Nerd
- Sun, Water and Stone
- Leaf And Twig
- Modern-Day Kitchen Garden
- Nature And Photography
- mazeepuran (माझे e-पुराण)
- Wild Scot
- Heaven's Sunshine
- The Gravel Ghost
Meta
Eliza Waters 
Yes, yes!
🙂 Thanks!
Boy, that nest is built right up to the door isn’t it! Cuties~
Yes, Papa made sure Mama liked this one! 🙂 Thank you, Cindy.
Oh my goodness, that is just the sweetest picture!
Thank you, Micheal. It was fun (though a bit noisy) watching these little ones fledge!
We have a mourning dove nest at the back of the house high up on the rafter thing that the roof sits on. Safe place. Love hearing their cooing.
It does seem special when they choose nearby us to raise their family. I’m always amazed to see once the leaves drop in the fall nests in bushes right next to where I walked and I never had a clue that they were there, hidden in plain sight. Amazing birdies!
Very cute !
I love it !
Thank you very much!
So cute. Nice photo, Eliza.
Thank you very much, Cynthia!
Bottomless maws of cuteness. 😀
Yes, they were!
What a lovely home for them! 🍀
Thank you, Karen. My sister painted it and gave it to us for Christmas one year. Pretty jazzy quarters!
That seems 2 months early! Are parents getting enough wormies for their babes?
This was last August. It was a fun thing to watch for a few weeks.
Fancy house they have.
My sister painted it many years ago as a gift. I was happy that it was finally used for its intended purpose.
I recognize that house! I’m glad they liked it. 🙂
Yes, I was pleased that after all that time finally we had tenants that weren’t wasps or spiders! 😉
So sweet!
Thank you, Dor!
Oh wow!! Babies all ready? LOVE love love this picture, Eliza! I’ve watched baby birds and how hard mama and daddy work. NON stop. ❤
Thank you, Amy. This was taken last August. It is quite amazing how tireless tending parents are. From start to finish in under a month – astounding!
I know. I’m always taken aback when I see how hard those parents work. 💖
I love this Eliza. Great shot.
Many thanks, Sylvia.
What a treat! Very nice shot.
Thank you very much, Belinda. 🙂
How exciting! And what a happy home they have!
Yes, the parents raised a successful brood and in a flash, they were fledged!
Aww…
🙂
Was this bird house hanging up in the garden? I am intrigued at how the wrens found it and felt safe enough to inhabit it.
It hangs on our wood shed right next to the walk down from the deck. It gets a lot of traffic both human and dog, but they seemed okay with that. Once they chicks were born, I tried to keep away from the immediate area to give the parents a comfortable space to tend their young. They seemed quite successful!
Thank you. We have seldom used our front door since the Lesser-striped swallows built their latest nest just outside it. Once their chicks have hatched and they no longer need it, we will return to ‘normal’.
Oh, how gorgeous! I wish there was a ‘love’ button – ‘like’ isn’t enough for this photo! I love it! ❤
Thank you, Joanne. They are rather charming, I must say. 🙂
They are amazing!!!! ❤
🙂 Thanks, Peggy.
This picture shows that birds do not want a natural coloured nest box. Our granddaughters painted two boxes and the bumble bees nested in one of them.
Interesting to think about…I wonder if there have been any studies? House wrens are famously not-picky about nesting sites, hanging an old boot would suit them fine. I expect they would love your granddaughters’ painted houses. 🙂
So sweet!
Thank you, Anca. 🙂
Had me smiling today!!
Glad to hear it!
So cute!! 🙂
Thanks, Robin! 🙂
…and what a lovely colourful nest box:-)
Thank you, my sister’s the artist. 🙂
🙂
Can’t wait! That’s quite a nest! I usually just get wasps in my bird houses. One year I had a wren — it was so special! I hope this year I see a nest in at least one of the houses.
Yes, it was pretty special, as that house hung there for many years before they took to it. Problem is, I have no way to clean it out!
precious + I like their home!
Thank you, Robbie!
The wrens put so many sticks in the boxes, it’s amazing that the nestlings have any room! Our bluebirds have been inspecting all our boxes recently. I can’t wait to see which birds end up in which box. Last year we had swallows, wrens, and bluebirds. We’re adding two more boxes this year–we’ll see who muscles out the others.
They can be pretty mean to one another, sadly. I heard of wrens killing nestlings and evicting parents. Nature is not all fuzzy kittens and cuddly koala bears.
Hope your spring occupants play nicely with one another!
Yes, wrens have a bad reputation. Our bluebirds and swallows competed for one box early in the spring. When we added another box, they happily co-existed. Our wrens were in a box off by itself and they didn’t bother the others. We’ll see what happens this year. They sure are fun to watch.
Agreed! I think providing multiple boxes is the key to avian contentment. 🙂
Just like people. We fight when resources are (or seem) scarce.
Good point.
That photo is fantastic! The only bird house we’ve had here ended up housing wasps, so that is gone. I love that the parents were comfortable enough to move in and make it their own. Such a joy!
Thank you, it was a joy to watch the whole amazing process. 🙂
“Where’s my dinner?” 🙂
Exactly! They were so demanding all day long, wore the parents ragged!
Such a gorgeous picture. What a lovely way to watch baby birds grow
Thank you, Rebecca. It was a special event for sure!