Birdy Antics

I have to share this, because it was just so freakin' adorable, and I don't want to forget it.

On the porch I have this weird bird-house thing made out of a log. It has two holes in it, with sticks nailed beneath them to form perches, and it has a roof made out of two halves of a log. Inside, strangely enough, is a small metal token with a house shape cut out of it. I won it in a raffle at a family reunion several years ago, and I've been dragging it around ever since. I believe D. quietly thinks it's a bit tacky, and I somewhat agree, but I like it so it gets pride of place on the front porch. Recently it's also been sporting a small feather stuck into the roof; it fell out of the sky and landed at my feet a few weeks ago and thus seemed worthy of preservation.

Yesterday the flock of birds came by the porch and the evergreens that surround it. The doves have disappeared, leaving pretty much just house sparrows and the female cardinal. While she concentrated on the odd red fruits that are now adorning the evergreen, the sparrows hopped all around the porch, looking hopefully for other bits of food. Then they noticed the log bird house.

They clearly liked it. One stood up tall on its legs and tried to peer into the lower opening. Another flew up to the upper hole and tried to alight on the perch, wings madly flailing for balance. A third landed on the roof and tugged speculatively at the feather a few times. If they could have fit in the holes, I'm convinced that they would have checked out the inside as well.

Do sparrows normally nest at this time of year? I hadn't thought that they did.

Comments

[Lauren]

Oh! I love the birds. We watch the sparrows around our house.

[Rana]

Me too. I keep thinking I should put up the feeder.

[jackrussell]

My guess is that this time of year, the sparrows thought your birdhouse might be a bird feeder.

[Rana]

Hmm. You're right; that is a possibility.

Poor things, disappointed either way!

[Donna B]

I have seen both inside and outside birds show curiousity and playfulness. They rise above instincts and necessity when they have food in their tummy and time!