OT amazing garden experience

AWWWWWWWWW ... this is just FUN!

Grins,
Sairey

Roberta Zollner wrote:

This is our 1st summer in the house, and the plan was to wait and see what
comes up. Well, it ALL came up -soon we would have needed a machete to open
the terrace door. So we called in a garden pro, who arrived with 2 more guys
and lots of power tools. Yesterday while "rejuvenating" (= chopping in half
and removing all dead wood) a row of bushes desperately trying to become
trees, they knocked down a blackbird's nest with 2 chicks. (The European
blackbird is identical to the American robin, except the males are all
black.) The gardener brought the babies over in an empty clay flower pot.
Plan A was to wait until dark, then try to tie the nest in a different tree
and replace the babies (using gloves). But the slightly older chick was able
to escape and disappeared under the perennials. After the garden guys left,
I heard baby #2 crying for his parents. Pretty soon, the papa bird arrived
with a mouthful of worms and after some hesitation jumped down into the pot.
Amazing! So we went to plan B: we hung the pot up under the terrace roof to
keep the cats off. The adult birds seem to have accepted it. So keep your
fingers crossed they can finish raising this baby!
Roberta in D

So how are they doing in their new home, Roberta?

My DD has been anxiously watching a nest of eggs, wondering how late in the
year they could still hatch, worrying that they might not... then last week
they hatched! She says they are the cutest birds she has ever seen. :-) She
can see the nest from standing on our porch, at the very edge, so it is far
enough away that the parent birds don't seem to mind her there. I love how
concerned she is for them, and how respectful of their needs she is.

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
This is our 1st summer in the house, and the plan was to wait and see what
comes up. Well, it ALL came up -soon we would have needed a machete to
open
the terrace door. So we called in a garden pro, who arrived with 2 more
guys
and lots of power tools. Yesterday while "rejuvenating" (= chopping in
half
and removing all dead wood) a row of bushes desperately trying to become
trees, they knocked down a blackbird's nest with 2 chicks. (The European
blackbird is identical to the American robin, except the males are all
black.) The gardener brought the babies over in an empty clay flower pot.
Plan A was to wait until dark, then try to tie the nest in a different
tree
and replace the babies (using gloves). But the slightly older chick was
able
to escape and disappeared under the perennials. After the garden guys
left,
I heard baby #2 crying for his parents. Pretty soon, the papa bird arrived
with a mouthful of worms and after some hesitation jumped down into the
pot.
Amazing! So we went to plan B: we hung the pot up under the terrace roof
to
keep the cats off. The adult birds seem to have accepted it. So keep your
fingers crossed they can finish raising this baby!
Roberta in D

Well, my garden experiences haven't been that exciting, but I do have some
pictures up.

photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed and click on garden.


--
LN in NH
a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér
all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts!



"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
This is our 1st summer in the house, and the plan was to wait and see what
comes up. Well, it ALL came up -soon we would have needed a machete to
open
the terrace door. So we called in a garden pro, who arrived with 2 more
guys
and lots of power tools. Yesterday while "rejuvenating" (= chopping in
half
and removing all dead wood) a row of bushes desperately trying to become
trees, they knocked down a blackbird's nest with 2 chicks. (The European
blackbird is identical to the American robin, except the males are all
black.) The gardener brought the babies over in an empty clay flower pot.
Plan A was to wait until dark, then try to tie the nest in a different
tree
and replace the babies (using gloves). But the slightly older chick was
able
to escape and disappeared under the perennials. After the garden guys
left,
I heard baby #2 crying for his parents. Pretty soon, the papa bird arrived
with a mouthful of worms and after some hesitation jumped down into the
pot.
Amazing! So we went to plan B: we hung the pot up under the terrace roof
to
keep the cats off. The adult birds seem to have accepted it. So keep your
fingers crossed they can finish raising this baby!
Roberta in D

The baby escaped from the pot sometime today. But he seems to be still
around, because the papa bird chases cats off very energetically! These
babies were almost certainly the second clutch. The nest was in a different
location from nest #1 back in April. If the food situation is good enough,
they seem to keep reproducing. I do love blackbirds. We seem to hear the
birds from 3 different territories. The "next door" bird has quite an
operatic trill, lovely to hear early in the morning.
Roberta in D

"frood" wrote in message
. com...
So how are they doing in their new home, Roberta?

My DD has been anxiously watching a nest of eggs, wondering how late in
the
year they could still hatch, worrying that they might not... then last
week
they hatched! She says they are the cutest birds she has ever seen. :-)
She
can see the nest from standing on our porch, at the very edge, so it is
far
enough away that the parent birds don't seem to mind her there. I love how
concerned she is for them, and how respectful of their needs she is.

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
de-fang email address to reply


"Roberta Zollner" wrote in message
...
This is our 1st summer in the house, and the plan was to wait and see
what
comes up. Well, it ALL came up -soon we would have needed a machete to
open
the terrace door. So we called in a garden pro, who arrived with 2 more
guys
and lots of power tools. Yesterday while "rejuvenating" (= chopping in
half
and removing all dead wood) a row of bushes desperately trying to become
trees, they knocked down a blackbird's nest with 2 chicks. (The European
blackbird is identical to the American robin, except the males are all
black.) The gardener brought the babies over in an empty clay flower
pot.
Plan A was to wait until dark, then try to tie the nest in a different
tree
and replace the babies (using gloves). But the slightly older chick was
able
to escape and disappeared under the perennials. After the garden guys
left,
I heard baby #2 crying for his parents. Pretty soon, the papa bird
arrived
with a mouthful of worms and after some hesitation jumped down into the
pot.
Amazing! So we went to plan B: we hung the pot up under the terrace roof
to
keep the cats off. The adult birds seem to have accepted it. So keep
your
fingers crossed they can finish raising this baby!
Roberta in D