Home security system

2005 April 2
by David J. Ringer

LONGVIEW, TEXAS — This morning, I went to investigate my friend’s report that a bird was nesting outside his apartment. He said that the nest was in a hanging basket.

Now, most people plant flowers of some sort in their hanging baskets and flower beds. Not Shroud and Bev. They moved into their married student apartment and quickly filled every available patch of dirt with … plastic forks. White, poky, garish plastic forks.

nest-in-forky-pot

In this seemingly inhospitable environment, a House Finch chose to build her nest.

two-eggs

She has two eggs.

I did some other walking around campus. Mockingbirds were singing everywhere, and a few yellow-rumps moved around the trees. Down by the pond, I saw a shrike fly by. It harassed a starling briefly, but it didn’t seem intent on killing just then. I also saw a Killdeer and a red-belly, and I heard a flicker. A couple of Barn Swallows skimmed the pond.

pink-oxalis

I found a beautiful clump of pink oxalis behind the pond.

new-oak-leaves

New leaves against a cloudless sky.

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4 Responses leave one →
  1. Sunoose permalink
    April 2, 2005

    Wow! A bird nested in that? Seems prickley to me! If I were a bird, I’d avoid that! Cuz it looks painful. . .but, I guess birds like that. . .maybe I’ll make one! Well, that is really mneat! I bet it’ll be really cool when the chicks hatch! Right outside your window every morning! Cute!

  2. Anonymous permalink
    April 2, 2005

    whoa, my house is on the Internet!

    awesome!

    shroud

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