keeping babies safe is hard work

May 6, 2012

A few weeks ago, I told you that Edith, the bird, was back to lay eggs in the driveway of the pesky neighbors. Those peskies even put a fence post in the middle of their drive to protect the eggs from reckless company — and it’s a good thing, because Edith is now a PROUD Mommy!

But it gets better! Edith brought her babies here today. She herded the 3 little ones right down the road and stayed the entire afternoon. I personally thought it was a bit too soon to get the kids out and about, but ole’ Edith took pretty good care of them. As soon as I walked outside with the camera, she started the whole “OMG, my wing is broke!!” act to lure me away from the newborns. Heh. Edith thinks I’m stupid. Obviously. (My guess is because she’s been around those peskies too long.) She did take a few moments to just relax and see what kind of good bugs we had that would be an easy catch after mowing…

This is Fred. Good luck, lil dude.