At the beginnning of the spring season I noticed a bird that kept flying in and out a fern on my patio each time with a new beak full of twigs, fuzz and sticks. I knew she must be building a nest far off in some tree and I felt so honored and grateful that she was pruning the dead twigs off of my fern for me. Untill one day when I was out watering my plants when I realized that far off tree was a actually my very near fern. I was so exctied I had to take pictures! I anxiously watched and waited for the eggs to hatch. Lo and behold we were blessed with the arrival of four little baby birds! How fun is that! I was looking forward to these birds leaving the nest, so to speak, so that I could begin reviving my poor dehydrated fern that had suffered from my fear of accidentally watering the eggs. I went out to begin pruning and watering again and wait a minute......... some other bird decided to lay her eggs in the nest!!!!!!! Man I should start charging rent to pay for a new fern! Anyhoo, here are some pictures of the Embleton family wildlife reproduction contribution:) Enjoy!
