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Eliza Waters 
I can see why 🤔
🙂 Mrs. Robin has flown south!
Oh how lovely! Blessed winter and Merry Christmas to you Eliza!
Thank you, Sarah. Hope yours is merry as well!
Finding nests in bare trees is a great pleasure this time of year.
It is. Once the leaves fall, we get to see where our feathered friends were hiding so close to home.
Yes! So sweet.
Clever title
Thank you, Derrick!
This image tries hard to be sad, but somehow it just isn’t…
I imagine a little mouse adding some fluff and making a home in there. I’ve come upon nests that were adopted my mice in winter filled with little cherry pits. 🙂
Recycling?
All one needs is a roof… 😉
Aww, I wonder if the owner will return next spring …
I certainly hope she does, I love hearing robins sing in the morning. 🙂
A bird’s nest is kind of like a spider web – amazing.
The engineering is a marvel, to be sure. Thanks, Judy.
🙏
Thank you, Ashley!
I enjoy your winter photos. Are you getting the snow today?
Thank you. Yes, due to start in a couple hours … they are predicting a major storm… time will tell how much we’ll get. Thankfully, it will be dry powder, much easier to shovel than that heavy, wet stuff. The wind is supposed to kick up, leading to drifting snow, but hopefully, no downed power lines, fingers crossed.
But it was a beautiful and well-built and perfectly-sized cozy home. 🥰
I loved her long, trailing tendrils of grass. She had two broods this summer in our backyard. Looking forward to her spring return. 🙂
I love this!
Thank you, C, the snow added a nice touch. 🙂
snow bird, like some New Englanders it might have left to go south
Yes, I suspect she did… smart girl. 😉 Hope you are safe and warm!
Nice Eliza! Enjoyed seeing your image!
Thank you, Reed! You get the birds, I get their nests. 😉
Very nice, unique winter photo.
Thank you, David. The dusting of snow made it stand out particularly.
I’m always amazed at how close by we walk to summer nests once they are revealed in the winter.
IKR? Some are not more than a foot away!
Sweet and a touch sad at the same time but spring will come again!
Yes, indeed. Thanks, Kris!
“I’ll be back!” said Mrs Bird as she tucked the front-door key into her purse and took flight for the Winter. 🙂
🙂 I like that thought!
Something kind of sad about an empty nest. I expect it will be filled again next spring though!
I felt the melancholy, too, remembering that cheerful robin’s song last summer. Soon again!
A well built nest despite the elements. I hope it’s occupied again in the spring.
Thank you, Belinda… if it makes it through the winter– it is rather exposed, but was well hidden when the leaves were out.
Love those little nests, wonderful snowy capture!🙂
Thank you! It seems rather forlorn, its inhabitants long gone.
Wonderful picture that is fitting for the season.
Thank you, Frank, esp. now that we are getting a blizzard… lots of snow out there right now and more coming. Looks like it will be a white Christmas for us this year.
Ah ha … .you must be in the northeast. Oh boy – that’s a lot of snow your region is getting. I saw on the news on NY area had 45 inches. How many for you?
20″ and still snowing to beat the band. 45″ is a whole lotta snow – yikes!
20 is a lot … and still coming? Oh crap … stay safe and warm!
Yeah, let’s hope the snowblower starts or we’re in big trouble! 😉
Good luck.
It didn’t disappoint us, a true workhorse, it got the driveway and walks cleared within a couple hours. I’m a bit sore from shoveling though…so glad it was dry snow…I’d be a lot worse off if it was wet!
Cheers to the workhorse … but ouch on the back. Take care of yourself. Glad to hear it was a dry snow. How many inches now?
My hubby measured 14″ in the backyard, but with the wind and drifting, I think we got more. But what’s a few inches beyond 14? 😉
That’s a lot of snow. Thanks!
🙂
I didn’t read to see if anyone else saw it, but i see a heart lined in snow on the nest’s rim. ❤
Good eye, Donna! Home is where the heart is. 😉
Snow’s a great accessory.
🙂
No snow on our resident nest…it’s on top of my extension ladder in the garage. Good thing I don’t use it much. The garage door stays open during nesting times. I leave it there al winter. Sometimes it just gets reused and sometimes gets remade. Bet this nest is about full right now. 🙂
Buried! Glad you got your snowblower back just in time. Bentley must be needing that shoveled path. 😉
He ran out before I could get the shovel and left a trail with his belly. 🙂 All clear now. We ended up with about 8″ but I bet you had more.
Yes, having the snowblower was a big plus.
Go, Bentley! 🙂
B measured 14″ but I think we got more. The drifting made it hard to be sure. Quite the work out getting it all cleared. I tend to use lower back muscles when gardening, but shoveling felt like I was rowing a canoe, all upper back. A little sore now! 😉
It was light stuff but I was still happy to use the machine. I hope your back is okay. Each task we do uses different muscles even though we think that we are good shape.
I guess the nest did a good job for the birds in the summer. Just read in the comments about your blizzard and heavy fall of snow. Hope your own ‘nest’ is snug enough! Keep warm and safe.
Thank you, Carol. The nest is now buried… we had 14″ of fresh, fluffy stuff, which took a couple hours to clear off walks, driveway and around the house. My hubby even snowshoed the trail, all ready for winter walks with the dog. “Walking in a winter wonderland.”
Fresh fluffy snow does sound marvellous and the stuff of a winter wonderland. Walking the trail must be magical. All that shovelling is a downside though.
Cute! Hope that your snow fall doesn’t upset too many of your plans for the next week or two.
“Plans? What plans?” My days are all the same in lockdown! 😉 We ended up with 14″ of nice, fluffy snow. I’m a bit sore from shoveling, but walks and driveway are all clear, the roads are plowed. All dressed up and nowhere to go. 😉
Well, that sounds lovely to me (no Christmas snow predicted here) and at least the roads are clear. Shovelling is tedious and tiring, so super well done. Hot baths and toddies will help! Are you isolating or do you go out for groceries, xmas trees etc?
I had a sauna, we got one 20 years ago and it is a boon as we age. 😉
We go out as little as possible, my hubby kindly braves the stores (he doesn’t think I’m ‘careful’ enough, works for me ;D ). We live next to an old tree farm where I found a broken top, very spindly and wild-looking, which I was happy to repurpose as a tree. Very old-fashioned, I prefer a non-sheared tree, better for displaying ornaments. What are you doing for the holiday?
Lovely! And what a great title.
Thank you, Fi!
Lovely. And I read you had a lot of snow! Stay warm and dry! 😃☃️😉
Thank you, Cathy. Today is one of those brilliant, glittering, blue-sky days, such a treat. Took a nice snowshoe walk to enjoy the brilliance. It looks like your header photo out there. 🙂
Wonderful! Enjoy! ❄️☀️❄️
Thank you, Cathy!
That nest won’t be vacant for long. We’re only days away from the winter solstice and that nest will be filling up soon, and your garden will be so robust and leafy you won’t even see it. Until then, Eliza, stay warm…looks pretty cold there!
Thank you, Jet. Yes, spring here is only 3 months away, ha!
I’m not sure robin’s reuse nests, the second one she made fell apart in a storm, but this one has held on. The 14″ of snow we got yesterday will test it. Tonight is forecast to go to 4º – too cold! But it’ll preserve the winter wonderland… snowshoeing today was awesome!
Take care and have a warm holiday week.
Looks like a perfectly cozy home. ❤️
Thank you, Irene. It was nice to have her as a close neighbor. 🙂
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