Just think how tiny her eggs would be. A robin built her nest against our sun porch window. She would go crazy every time I went outside as the door was next to the rhodie in which she built it. I was lucky to get a few shots of the babies--when they first hatched they were so small.
Wishing you a day to feather your nest.
My oldest daughter had a wren dig into an orchid pot on her back porch and build a nest in it.
And I read one time where a wren had built its nest in a wreath on someone's door.
pixipixil
Jun 13, 2016
Did they take pictures? That must have been soooo cute.
trynfindit
Jun 13, 2016
Actually she was upset with the wren that built its nest in one of her orchid plants. It killed the orchid.
pixipixil
Jun 14, 2016
Aw. Sorry about the orchid. Animals don't have any sense of the damage they do.
kjd3682
Jun 14, 2016
I have a friend who has a bird that has built a nest in one of her hanging baskets, so she's being very careful about watering. "Mom" flies away, then comes back after the watering. She's taking pics of the eggs/hatchlings.
pixipixil
Jun 15, 2016
Wouldn't that photo make a wonderful puzzle?
CatLadyOKC
Jun 15, 2016
Have to try to get the moth balls in a bag out early on the patio over the light by the doors...they try to nest there every year. Not a good place for them to be.
carolsapple
Apr 8, 2017
Yes the male birds are more colorful. Then there are some birds that do things that I don't like. I've even saw video of what a bird did - I thought omg! those poor babies. Luckily the babies survived.
What a beautiful bird. According to the always accurate Wikipedia*, this bird prefers tropical and subtropical moist mountainous forests from India, Nepal, and Bhutan to Vietnam.
* except for errors, unintentional and intentional.
LOL. I posted the Wiki info too. Guess I ought to read all of the comments before adding mine. :)
JamieT
Jun 13, 2016
There's more info about these birds. This one seems more colorful than the Wikipedia photos.
retirenow14
Jun 15, 2016
The bird in this picture must be a male. I would imagine the female is significantly less colorful for safety reasons during the times she is rearing her young.
trynfindit
Jun 16, 2016
Retire, that's the best explanation I've ever heard of why a female bird is so often less colorful than the male.
On the way to the bus in the station, I saw a baby bird on the ground gasping for air. Unforunatly it had fallen out of the nest, or tried to fly without any success. I felt helpless to do anything, except to tell the guard in the station about the bird. I am still upset about it. Poor bird, I guess it was beyond healing. Pretty far to fall, as the birds make their nests way up in the station.
Hi Judy, we have one called a rainbow lorikeet and if you check it out, you will see why. And I have grevilleas growing in my yard and the lorikeets love them. They come twice a day to feed and I enjoy having them visit. Hugs.
JamieT
Jun 13, 2016
The Kansas City Zoo has a rainbow lorikeet exhibit where you go into an enclosed area, get a small cup about the size of a medicine cup that comes with cough syrup, the zookeeper squirts some liquid into it, and the lorikeets land on you to lick up the liquid. Some will end up landing on people's heads or shoulders. They're very cute birds.
JUDY2014
Jun 13, 2016
I bird sat for my friends Lorikeet but did not know they were also called rainbow. Beautiful birds.
Wishing you a day to feather your nest.
And I read one time where a wren had built its nest in a wreath on someone's door.
whole posture seems chock full of personality.
In the inspector Lynley series Barbara would say "You always twig my meaning."
* except for errors, unintentional and intentional.