I cleaned out the birdhouse that our Tree Swallows had nested
in this year. This is what their nest looked like. Not much to it.
Tree Swallows use lots of feathers in their nest to keep their
babies warm.


It's funny how the nest takes the shape of the birdhouse :0)

Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.

Psalm 84:3-4

I managed to get the birdhouse out of our Tulip Poplar tree that
fell during last weeks big storms. Unfortunately, as you can see,
the nest contained four little Bluebird eggs. Sad :0(

After one of the storms last week, we found this Robin's nest laying
out in the front yard. It was blown out of one of our Maple trees.


I found this Robin egg shell in our back yard. Hopefully it was
hatched succesfully and not destroyed by an animal or an other
bird!

A Mother's Work is Never Done

I took this series of photos on May 20th as a mama Robin feeds
her three babies. The nest is in one of our cherry trees. I don't
see how that little nest held all those birds :0)


The baby bird pictured here left the nest soon after I took this
picture. The rest left a couple of days later.

Robin nest number 2. This one is located in the Japanese Maple
tree by our front porch. All you can see is momma bird's tail
feathers sticking up :0) The thing that amazes me about Robin's
nests is the fact that they're so well built.

Robin nesting in our Yoshino Cherry tree.

Nesting Time

I caught this little Black Capped Chickadee poking his head out
of our bird box Saturday morning. I wish I had had my long lens
on the camera when I took this shot!

Wren Nest

I cleaned out our little bird box the other day and this
is what I found inside. Two families of wrens were raised
in the box this year :) It's always fun to see what a nest
consisted of.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and
the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk
or an evening saunter . . . to be thrilled by the stars at night;
to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these
are some of the rewards of the simple life.
~John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)

Milk Crate Nest

Me and Terry were cleaning out our garage a couple of weeks ago.
We came across this bird nest that was built in a milk crate that we
had on a shelf. I'm figuring this is a wren nest.


What a cool little nest :)