This is the end of the summer and the birds are chirping all around us. As I am listening to their songs, it reminds me a wonderful moment that I’d like to share with you:
A few of years ago, Ed, the boys and I went off to the forest with the tractor to cut some wood for the stove. It was a chill but sunny day, we were all geared up and ready to go..
We start the engine of the tractor and head to the area where we can find dead wood. First we chainsaw the standing dead trees, then we load them onto the trailer and go back down to our house with the tractor to chop it into stove size pieces.
As we finished the job, we were about to restart the tractor in order to park it back in the tunnel when we noticed a bit of straw sticking out of the bonet. Strange.. we open the bonnet and with complete amazement appear 5 tiny open birds mouths, asking frantically for food! My godness, these birds were by the engine the whole time we went off with the tractor and the engine on, and they are still alive! Of course, it didn’t take a second before Will and Elio decided to pick up the nest, set it in a wooden box, put up a light and these 5 little chirping fluffy things would become our house mates for a month!
I have to say, they were absolutely gorgeous. We fed them, gave them water and attention, and here we go, we became their new parents. In fact, baby birds form attachments and learn behaviors from the first moving object it sees, which is usually its parent. If a human rescues a baby bird and provides care, the bird may imprint on the human, seeing them as a parent figure.
A few weeks later, we had birds flying in the house and of course pooping everywhere they were going, that was less fun. We took care of them until (coming along with a joyful tear in the eye), they flew back into the wild. Isn’t it just like being a parent?
It turned out that they were robins. Life is strong, yet fragile.. being so close reminds us everyday to take care of life, in any form or shape ;)
Astrid
NB : I recommend watching the documentary Life on our planet - David Attenborough
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