And then there were four...

Our lonely egg got three more siblings today!

So now there are four eggs. I am still not too sure what type of bird the mom is, but she wasn't too happy to see me checking in on the birdies-to-be. But in some ways, I am their landlord - so I have every right to visit my tenants.

Today I was forced to evict my "friends" out of the fort. We are having lots of children over the house for my son's 1st Communion. I thought that the nest would not survive the horsing around from the wolf pack of boys. So with gloves on and the help of my friend Heather, we moved the nest to a neighboring spruce tree.

I hope all goes well with the move....

We have a guest!

My son made a discovery in his playhouse last week:



Apparently, this is not the first time, he has found a bird's nest in his fort. My son and his father have been at "war" with birds in our yard (we have a plethora of them!) The first time, about 3 weeks ago, my son found a nest in his fort and he threw it out on the ground (don't worry there were no eggs in it). The next day, it was back in the same spot - so my son removed it. The next day it was back! How did it get there? It was a mystery.

So Billy and his dad kept going back and forth with the "game" until one day, they witnessed the birds actually pick up their nest and fly back to the fort. (Determined little birds, huh?)

This is what I found in the nest recently.



I have issued a cease-fire to both parties.