o/t birds' nests

We have recently moved to a different house and now that we're on the edge
of open fields we have lots of wild birds visiting the garden. My four year
old, Rory, has always been interested in birds and loves putting out food
for them and telling me what the different species are.

About 2 weeks ago we watched a pair of blackbirds making a nest in the
bushes between our house and our neighbour's. A few days after that we saw
that the female had taken up residence on the nest. Every morning now the
first question is "Do you think the baby birds will be here yet?" and we
have to go out to check. We had a real panic yesterday morning when the nest
had three eggs in it, but no mother. Apparently blackbirds often abandon
nests so I was quite worried, but she came back and is still there this
morning.

Fingers crossed for some little chicks soon!

Morag

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

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Here's a parrot:

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mparrot.html

Watch out - the body came out too small on my printer.


Hanne in London


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

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


"Hanne Gottliebsen" wrote in message
news:f1ck5t$sfv$1@qmul...
Here's a parrot:

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mparrot.html

Watch out - the body came out too small on my printer.


Hanne in London


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

Smile!
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In message f1ck5t$sfv$1@qmul, Hanne Gottliebsen
writes
Here's a parrot:

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mparrot.html

Watch out - the body came out too small on my printer.


Hanne in London
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Best Regards
pat on the hill

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:
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

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 in London

Morag in Scotland 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


"Hanne Gottliebsen" wrote in message
news:f1ck5t$sfv$1@qmul...
Here's a parrot:

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mparrot.html

Watch out - the body came out too small on my printer.


Hanne in London


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

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 yikes!! **that** long
ago??!!!! )

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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 in London

Morag in Scotland 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


"Hanne Gottliebsen" wrote in message
news:f1ck5t$sfv$1@qmul...
Here's a parrot:

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mparrot.html

Watch out - the body came out too small on my printer.


Hanne in London


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

On May 3, 6:17 am, Taria wrote:
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


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



IMS wrote:
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- Hide quoted text -

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

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.

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

-Irene

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Best Regards
pat on the hill