Birdies

Yesterday we had quite the adventure. We found two baby birds in our attic (as you can see they're almost grown, but I still say they're babies).

We heard a ton of chirping so Uncle Micah went up into the attic and he saw a HUGE nest, but he nor Daddy saw any birds. They sent me and Avery into the attic (which seemed to be 200 degrees) to clear away the nest and we saw a little bird, chirping away. Daddy told us to catch it, so we don't have birds in our house. We were both kind of scared to catch it but we had to. When we went to catch it we realized that there was one more bird in the nest. We quickly caught the first one (with a net), put it in a shoebox, and took it outside. We set it under our tree, so it would be in the shade. Then we caught the second and put it in the same spot.

While Daddy and A.T. were blocking up the hole that the birds went in, the Mama (or Papa, I don't know which) flew up and squawked at Daddy. We knew the parents were going to be looking for their kids. We were waiting and waiting 'til the Mama and Papa would find them. Then Andrea called all of us and said, "Look, the mom and dad are feeding them!" We all rushed to the window, and sure enough they were there.

They have come back several times, bringing food every time for their kids. We are waiting for the day when the babies will learn how to fly.

During this experience I've been thinking how much thought God put into birds; he thought up how they feed their young (which is really cool), how they find their young when they have been moved, and how they fly.

But hopefully that's the end of birds in our house!