Learning to fly

[calzephyr]

Our yard, both front and back, was full of baby sparrows today. We had some rare sunshine this morning and I went out to finish painting the deck (will it ever be done?). After a while, I noticed a lot of activity in the back tree. Literally, little sparrows were crashing into it. They started out from the pine trees across the street and hoped for the best, I guess :-D Same out front. They were trying to make it from the front tree to the bird feeder, and more often than not, they missed the feeder. It was really funny to watch them from inside. The feeder was full yesterday and it's empty now. The fat, fuzzy babies were all over the ground and fighting each other for what was there. I think bean sprouts are growing from the bird seed too. This leafy green stuff sprouted overnight with all the rain. I pulled out a handful and the roots were just like bean sprouts! I took several photos of them on the feeder, I'm sure there's a future picture there :-)

Comments

[fozziewriter.livejournal.com]

I've heard that Sparrows aren't quite the rocket scientists of the bird family.....hmmmmm. But they are beautiful.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

They are cute little stinkers, that's for sure. I think they're smart enough to get out of the way or danger and to survive...the rest of the time they seem to like to get mad at each other :-D

[firecrest.livejournal.com]

tis the season of cute little baby sparrows!!
if I could, Id grab handfulls of them and bury my face in them...I do that with the chihuahua but she never seems overly pleased about it ;-)

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! If I didn't know they weren't harboring disease, I would gladly cuddle baby sparrows :-) I wonder why your chihuahua doesn't like all that affection!

[staceface-08.livejournal.com]

HAY, HAY! Learning to Fly is TOTALLY a Tom Petty song.
Leaaarrnning to flyyyy, but I ain't got wings...

Alright. Anyway. Now that I've broken into soonnggg... Baby birdies! Aw. :D

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Heheh! I was thinking of that when I wrote that post. I remember when that song came out, Tom was saying how landing is always the hardest part :-)