Tuesday, March 11, 2008

One Dog's Trash Is Another Bird's Treasure


This is off the subject of my usual Rosie, but still worth sharing. We have an urban bird (we think she's a Robin) building a little nest around an old phone wire outside our back door. We have been watching her methodically bring little bits and pieces to build her home. We were curious as to if her eggs had been laid yet, so while she was away this evening, Ron brought a ladder over so that we could look into her nest (we would never provoke fear in her once she is sitting on her eggs or her babies have been born, but we were pretty sure the eggs were not there yet). Like we thought, she has yet to lay her eggs. What we were surprised by, however, was the material of which most of her nest is made up of.... yes, there is a lot of twigs, sticks, and leaves.... but there is also a lot of...... WRIGLEY'S HAIR!!!! What I work so hard to sweep, vacuum, swiffer, mop up is actually something that this little bird needs! I can attest to the fact that Wrigs is quite soft. His hair probably would make a wonderful pillow for a baby bird.

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