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Fuzzy Little Babies & a Question

May 22, 2011 at 9:08 pm by Claudia

I can’t help it. The best show ever is taking place outside my door. I was gone most of today and couldn’t wait to get back and see the babies. But first I had to go to a store and buy a coffee maker. The one supplied by the theater (only 3 weeks old) died this morning. Really. When I realized this in the early am hours, I blindly drove to the gas station. There’s nowhere else to go in this small town on a Sunday morning. Truly terrible coffee. I love dark roasts and this stuff was very weak and bland. I wasn’t about to wake up on my day off tomorrow and drink more of that stuff.

Here are the little birdie updates (there are 3 babies.) If you’re not a fan of baby birds, you may want to move on to another blog.

These were taken as the sky darkened and big rain clouds threatened.

At this point, the tornado siren went off and suddenly we were under a tornado warning. But I kept snapping away.

Scary. Mama Robin had her beak open. She was stressed, too.

Sometime she sits on the babies and I see a beak – these little ones are lively.

The sun came out briefly and I tried again. But I think Mama had had enough.

If looks could kill. Okay, I’ll stop for the night.

I’m trying to record as much of this as possible. I might never have such a wonderful opportunity again!

Oh, I’ve been meaning to post this and keep forgetting to. You know how I feel about giveaways that make you jump through hoops, right? I really don’t think one should have to do anything other than leave a comment. Anything else is annoying and merely a way to add followers, etc. I saw something the other day that made me laugh out loud. (The name of the blog is not important.) After leaving a comment, you could gain more chances by doing the following:

1. Subscribe to the blog by email.
2. Follow (the blog) on Twitter.
3. Become a Follower.
4. Tweet about the giveaway. You could do it once a day.
5. Add a button.
6. Follow on Networked Blogs.
7. Follow the blog on Blogfrog.
8. Vote for the blog for some sort of best blog contest. You could do it once a day.

Is it just me or is this ridiculous? Now, to be fair, it was clear that this blogger was trying to earn money from blogging. But, come on. When I see something like this, I quickly move on. And I never visit that blog again.

Really missing my doggies today. I love you Scout and Riley.

Day off Monday. On the docket? Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Target. And maybe a movie.

Nesting

May 15, 2011 at 11:09 am by Claudia

And by ‘nesting’ I mean the real thing. This morning I took advantage of Mama’s momentary absence to open the net curtain so that I could get some photos. We’ve had an erratic weather week here. Earlier in the week it suddenly got very hot and humid. I noticed that Mama’s beak was open for long periods of time and she seemed to be flying on and off the nest more often. After googling for some info, I learned it’s a sign of stress. I have a feeling the stress was caused by the hot temperatures and the need for Mama to regulate the temperature of her eggs. I snuck outside and put a dish of water on the deck in case she needed it. Once the evening came, she calmed down. This went on for a few days. It is much cooler now, thank goodness.

She often turns the eggs before sitting back down on the nest.

This is Dad. He sits in this small tree and watches the nest, staying at a distance so as not to encourage predators. Every so often, Mama flies out to meet him. They sit in the tree together or hit the ground on a worm search.

According to my research, sometime later this week the eggs should start to hatch. Then both parents will be on feeding duty. I will, of course, have camera in hand.

I’m enjoying the scrappy randomness of my throw:

Actually, I suppose this is more of an afghan. It’s pretty wide, which can be daunting when I think of how long it has to be. I’ve made one this size before and it lives on our bed. This will be for the den. I try to crochet at least 2 rows every day.

I have rehearsal this evening. Then a day off. By the way, my class with the apprentices went very well. I’m working with them on Shakespeare’s verse – how to analyze it and how to use all that information to make the verse come alive when acting. The apprentices are very engaged and a lot of fun.

See you soon!

A Momma-to-be on Mother’s Day

May 7, 2011 at 6:36 pm by Claudia

It’s Mother’s Day time again. I will call my Mom today and tell her how much I love her. She’s getting frailer all the time. She very seldom gets out any more. Doing something like going into the other room to read this blog on the computer is too exhausting for her. It makes me very sad. I wish I could give her a big hug today.

As I was thinking about Mother’s Day, a mother-to-be came to mind.

Yes, it’s true. Momma Robin has taken over the nest. That glimpse of a bird I mentioned to you the other day has become a fairly constant presence. She leaves the nest for a few minutes at a time but that’s all. In the beginning, whenever I walked by the door, she flew away. I didn’t want her panicking so I draped a net curtain over the door. I came home between afternoon and evening rehearsal today, carefully moved the curtain back, crawled along the floor so she couldn’t see me, and took these photos.

So, do you think they had just built the nest when I arrived here? If so, my timing couldn’t be better. I will have a ring-side seat while Momma sits on her eggs. I’ll get to see the babies. I’m thrilled.

Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom, my sister and to my little Robin Mom.

Fuzzy Little Babies & a Question

Nesting

A Momma-to-be on Mother’s Day

Lambs Like to Party

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