I have said on many occasions how blessed I am throughout this blog. I truly feel the move I have made has brought me closer to nature. Yesterday I spent the day cleaning up my messy yard, burning off some piles of old timber from the renovations, levelling out the massive mound of dirt that had been dumped in the backyard from the front path project, weeding the garden – what there is of it, and mowing the lawn. Big day.

I was pretty tired by the end. Sitting on the swing underneath the trees I was looking at what I had achieved. Feeling a great sense of accomplishment I was happy I hadn’t wasted my weekend indoors. I noticed a bird flying into one of the low lying branches of the tree. I watched as I sat there, it flew out and came back again several times. On closer inspection I could see there was a tiny nest in the tree. I ran inside to get my phone to try to take a photo. As I approached the mother bird flew away. The nest was no bigger than the palm of my hand.

I said to myself I must take a closer look tomorrow because with a ladder I think I can see into it.

And so I did. I Grabbed the ladder and up I went. How adorable. I discovered a teeny tiny baby bird which must have only just hatched! There was another egg ready to hatch too. The nest had been built to perfection with love, including the lovely soft blue padded interior! Impressive! Mumma bird was sitting on the nest keeping baby warm all day.

I will take a look each day and try to capture the progress of these delightful little creatures so stay posted!

These baby birds will however grow up to torment Muffin I know….just as the adult birds do. They gang up on her, swooping and chasing her until she runs inside the house! I don’t particularly like this breed of bird (Minor Bird), but you simply cannot resist the attraction of this fragile little life.

I am so lucky x