Today, I got my answer. The kids and I took a walk to the dirt pile to check out the new piles of dirt Shaun hauled in last week and when we got back to the playground I just happened to glance in the direction of the nest only to realize is wasn't there. Although the kids were already on swings, I excitedly almost panicked saying "The nest is gone! Who wants to go find it with me?!?!?" Of course they all did. So we journeyed out of the playground once again and it didn't take me long to find it, thank goodness. I admired it's building materials and structure and shared with the kids and we talked about it the whole way back. I hurried inside to get my bird books to show the children what the owner's of the nest looked like. They were pretty amazed and I was so proud.
We decided to go inside and gather scraps of yarn and string from the craft room. We then went out front and tucked the strings away in the suet feeder so that maybe, when we find more nests, they might be made with some materials that we supplied for the birds. I think that would be very cool. I found a tiny nest over the winter that has, what looks like, my long hair (or someone's) weaved throughout the inside. Birds are so amazing. I am tickled to already be noticing more voices and even spotting some of the summer birds back already. I am one who thinks of them flying over the ocean right now on their way home.
The tree you can see to the right and right behind the nest I am holding
is the one the nest was hung from.
I would be so honored to find a nest with some of our string in it.
You never know!
This is a picture of the kind of bird that made the nest.
Click the picture for more information about Baltimore Orioles.
Photo from www.allaboutbirds.org
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