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Letting Nature Take Its Course

6/23/2015

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A few days ago while I was out in the garden I decided to inspect the bluebird house. I knew that the babies had fledged and I wondered what condition the house was in now. I noticed one small blue egg in the nest. Thinking that it was a left over that had not hatched, I decided to help my bluebird friends along and do some housecleaning.

I returned in a few minutes armed with a bucket of a very weak Clorox solution, rubber gloves, and a plastic bag for the nest. Just as I approached, a bluebird darted out. “Hmmm,” I thought. “Maybe today is not the best day for housecleaning. Maybe that nest is still in use.” So I turned my attention to another house in the yard. I peered in and it was just a mess – twigs arranged in no particular pattern, kind of trashy, clearly not a bluebird nest. I pulled it out and noticed five small brown eggs hidden in the cup. “Oh, no! Not again! I think I better leave this one alone, too.” 

Later I thought about what my impatience could have cost. There are now five bluebird eggs in the nest and the wren has returned to her brown eggs, so things seem to be OK. From now on I will let nature take its course – no housecleaning until fall!


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elsie
6/23/2015 08:01:35 am

So glad you noticed the eggs and did not sweep away the "trash" of the nest. What fun to watch the progress of the birds' growth!

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arjeha link
6/23/2015 08:26:00 am

Sometimes it just doesn't pay to clean. Just proves that nature takes care of itself.

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Melanie Meehan link
6/23/2015 10:49:08 am

This could translate into a great picture book. I'd love to see that hit the shelves! Could be the perspective of a child or of a bird, I'm thinking...such a cute story.

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