In the spring, pretty soon after we moved into the house, I bought a beautiful fuschia hanging basket that has flourished and done pretty well for itself...
But the heat wave that we had 2 weeks ago killed it dead. So after failing to be able to revive it, I went to take it down to trim the long dead branches and something flew out of it but I didn't really think much of it, until I got it on the ground and saw a nest with some eggs in it! A bird totally moved into my hanging basket!
This picture was taken a couple days later and you can't see the eggs because it's up pretty high and the bird was mad I was getting close to the nest, so I tried to stay back a little bit.
This is what she looks like:
She's pretty little. Maybe only 2.5 - 3 inches tall. Does anyone know what kind of bird she is? Even better, does anyone have any good name suggestions? Please share in the comments!
Oh, my! Hanging baskets can be soooo beautiful... but so fickle!
ReplyDeleteWhat a tiny little delight you found...
Since I was just at Alcatraz... and they were talking about the birdman of Alcatraz... well, that's what I would name it.... weird, huh? Well, it is Portland!