This spring, we thought we got off easy. Our annual spring visitors--the dryer-vent-nesting starlings--had come to check out their site early in the season. Usually, after their initial visit, they are back in a few weeks to attempt nesting in our duct work. This year, they didn't come back. Granted, the weather has been less than conducive, but I figured they must have changed their preferred location. Whew!
Well, when we got home from our trip Sunday, we discovered the birds had, in fact, made themselves at home again in our dryer vent while we were gone. Hmmmm. The joke was on me. They just waited till we were gone and we couldn't block the vent! Though I was less than happy, Jer and Mike were thrilled! They immediately set to catching the birds! Fortunately, Jer had a vacant shark aquarium just waiting to be filled with some form of wildlife...
Before we knew it, Troy, Tony, Isabelle, and Emily were tucked in the glass box. Jer researched what kind of birds they were, how to tell which were girls and which were boys, what food these little friends prefer... He worked really hard to make them comfortable. He built perches, and he (along with many of the neighborhood kids), dug up fresh worms to feed them. Jer even added a bird bath!
Jeremy was in heaven for a couple of days! He finally had birds in his room!! Tonight, however, he and Mike decided to let them go. It was a sad end to a very fun couple of days!
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