Unexpected co-tenants
I was leaving for work one morning last week and I saw a couple of twigs in my mailbox. “That’s funny”, I thought, “I guess the grounds guys were going a little nuts with the weed whackers this morning.” I was running late (as always) so I didn’t stop to clear out the rubbish. I forgot about it until a day or two later when I pulled some letters out of the box.
Under the letters was a half-formed bird’s nest. I left a note on the box for the postman asking him to leave the letters in a coffee can by my door for the time being. When I got home this weekend, I peeked inside . . . and got a sparrow to the face. Good thing I was wearing my sunglasses.
After the bird took off I peeked in again and saw four tiny little eggs. I wonder if these little guys are going to chip in for the rent.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Well, those are some lucky birds!
With our mail people that would never have worked.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:58 am
That’s awesome! But um, maybe we need to be sending you more mail!!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
That’s so sweet! Tiny little nest though
May 19th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Oh how sweet! Can we expect baby bird pics in the future?
May 19th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Now that? Is quite thoroughly the best thing I’ve seen in a few days. (Suffice to say they’ve been not fun.)
Additionally, sparrow to the face = better than swift to the head.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 pm
COOL! Birds are funny little people.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
wow
that is a really cool thing to find in your mailbox 
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Wow! That is amazing.
How are they doing now?