o/t birds' nests

Your little one sounds adorable; and what a great thing for the two of you to be involved with. Here's hoping the mom stays with the nets...your son will be fascinated with those babies once they are hatches!

My life-long fascination/love for birds started out in a similar way :)

-Irene=20

We'd better watch out, then, or Morag's little one will be asking for a parrot! . In message , IMS writes

Here's a parrot:

Hanne in London

Patti wrote:

Funnily enough, the playgroup he goes to are talking about pirates, the seaside and treasure at the moment and on Monday he came home with a parrot! It was a shape cut out of green card, he'd stuck on feathers and an eye and a stick on the back to carry it with. It's stuck to the wall of his room beside the rest of his pirate things.

Morag

Smile! . In message , Hanne Gottliebsen writes

How is your new bird getting along at your house Irene?

I have a couple of finch seed bags I hang out and refill often. They are really fun to watch. One is near a wall fountain and right out the sewing room window. Silly birds are little pigs : )

Taria

IMS wrote:

I just did a Cub Scout Family camp with 600 people, all pirate stuff! - the youngest scouts made the parrots.

We also did bandana-type things and eye patches, and of course did lots of games and skills, all pirate themed.

In a few weeks, we do an older version for the Scouts - on Brownsea Island even!

Hanne > Funnily enough, the playgroup he goes to are talking about pirates, the

ohhh! what FUN!! I do so miss being a cub scout leader (and also miss working at the Jamboree - it's only been 12 years ago )

year. They become quite used to our comings and going and by the time the babies fledge, they've decided that we are completely inconsequential. It is fun watching the little babies grow from the "worm with a big head" stage to fully feathered and flying bird.

Sunny

LOL - that's exactly what was on my mind!! :)

-Irene

Sunny, maybe they think you are 'guarding' them

-Irene

We have a pair of house finches that make a nest on our front porch light every year. They become quite used to our comings and going and by the time the babies fledge, they've decided that we are completely inconsequential. It is fun watching the little babies grow from the "worm with a big head" stage to fully feathered and flying bird.

Sunny

Taria, she is doing so very well, thanks for asking! She has calmed down considerably, and we can now get her to lie on her back, and do some other tricks.=20

She is such a hoot; she talks more, too - there is a lovely "Hello!" whenever we come in the door, and I usually get a "Hello, Gorgeous!" in the morning, which of course I eat right up.....she tells the other birds, and the dog, to 'shut up!' whenever they get loud - it's a hoot. She still prefers women (me in particular) to men, but she is much more relaxed now with all of us. We feel very fortunate to have found her when we did. =20

We don't ever 'own' our pets, do we...we pay for the priviledge of caring for them

-Irene

So glad this is all working out, Irene. Your parrot tales really get me smiling. . In message , IMS writes

True but *first* they both need to pass 3 swimming exams - in a wet country with so many canals I want to be sure that if my kids fall in they can swim out again despite wearing all their clothes and $$ dictates only one hobby/sport per child however I am just glad I can afford the swimming lessons :-)

I agree that is the most important activity for the guys right now. When my guys were little, the American Red Cross and the YMCA both sponsored swimming lessons at very, very low cost. Just a minor admin fee, IIRC.

PAT

Jessamy wrote:

They've hatched!!!!

So excited. I have been checking the nest every morning while not trying to get too close and scare off the mother. She wasn't there this morning when I peeked so I took a closer look and saw at least 2 chicks in the bottom of the nest. I called Rory out and he saw them too and has been telling everyone we've seen today (like the lady on the check out at the supermarket) that he has baby birds in his garden.

Morag

Congratulations, Morag. How exciting for little Rory. . In message , Morag in Scotland writes