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Friday, July 8, 2011
Curious Sparrow!
It does take quite a lot of energy for a sparrow to hover. She was hovering though. She was trying to get a peak of the new baby. I heard he smiled yesterday, a little bird, another bird, told me. I had no idea that the sparrows were so enamored with this new neighbor that we had. He is special. I saw that myself, all babies are special, but usually I am so caring about the baby that I never get to see how the wildlife about respond. I don’t know if it was the whiff of the baby fresh detergent in their exhausts or the sound of the momma singing gently to him in the night, but there was some gentleness that drew the sparrows to spend time at their house this morning.
Sparrows are very particular, mind you. The bluejays will take on every level of maternal child nosiness, from infancy to old age. I have seen bluejays but into my conversations with my children on every level and with my mother, when they have ought to, but not the sparrows. Sparrows are very careful to but in on only the very tenderest of moments. There must have been a bonding that took place with baby.
I loved how Mr Sparrow accommodated his wife by setting a perch on the tippiest top of the roof, while mother sparrow flitted from window to window to get a peak. He had something to say, but certainly never dissuaded her curiosity on the little fellow. If you must see him, I will wait for you to catch, even the slightest glimpse of this little fellow. He must be a dear one, if you’ve lavished such attention on him and haven’t seen him yet. The sparrow grapevine is aglow with what special attention momma and baby are enjoying, in these days. They can’t know how quickly it will pass and I must see it, said Mrs. Sparrow to her husband.
She kept a short breath under the eves of the overhang, to give herself a break while she caught her second wind.
I have seen him and I know that he is every bit as breathtaking and in love with his mother, as the sparrows have heard, but Mrs. Sparrow wouldn’t accept my word for it.
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Sparrow's Spring nest
Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow were caught, by me yesterday, shopping together for a new home. They flitted and flirted, just outside my window. Talking and discussing and lovingly disagreeing, if not arguing the benefits and the pitfalls of living at our house.
Mrs. Sparrow was very impressed with the 2 "ready made" nests hung outside our window. Mr. Sparrow hadn't even thought of them as "ready-made" nests. He used them for the provision of building materials for the private home that he had in mind in a surprise and hidden place. He doesn't like the openness, at all, of our porch. It's much too populated. When Mr. Sparrow gets it into his mind to give his sweet chicky a peck, he wants the freedom to do it without a bunch of younguns peeking over the nest to see what comes next.
Mrs. Sparrow was impressed that the porch was fully protected from hailstones. We all know what happened to a great many of last years' nests in that surprise hailstorm we had. Male birds seem to have a very short memory for storms. They have only one thing in mind in the nest building season... 03/09
Mrs. Sparrow was very impressed with the 2 "ready made" nests hung outside our window. Mr. Sparrow hadn't even thought of them as "ready-made" nests. He used them for the provision of building materials for the private home that he had in mind in a surprise and hidden place. He doesn't like the openness, at all, of our porch. It's much too populated. When Mr. Sparrow gets it into his mind to give his sweet chicky a peck, he wants the freedom to do it without a bunch of younguns peeking over the nest to see what comes next.
Mrs. Sparrow was impressed that the porch was fully protected from hailstones. We all know what happened to a great many of last years' nests in that surprise hailstorm we had. Male birds seem to have a very short memory for storms. They have only one thing in mind in the nest building season... 03/09
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