Sunday, June 26, 2011

Are you my Mother?

"You are not my Mother. You are a scary Snort!" ~ P.D. Eastman (Are you my Mother?)

We found a baby bird yesterday. He sat there in the middle of our yard-to young to fly or run away. He just sat there. I felt like I was straight out of the book, "Are you my Mother?" The birdie seemed so confused and scared to say the least. Finally momma birdie must have gotten back from collecting food and noticed her little baby out of the safety of the nest. You could tell she was in a pure panic. K and I backed up and watched from afar...
Watching this momma bird running around our yard, flying from tree to tree, running up to the baby to make sure it was still okay was heartbreaking but neat all at the same time. We were watching the bond of a mother and a child right before our eyes. When I turned around to get Aaron's attention I saw that he too was watching the bond between a mother and a child. Little did I know he was snapping pictures of K and I the whole time.
**Just an update on the little birdie, he is still out front. When we went out to check on him Momma bird was up high in the tree above him keeping guard.**

10 comments:

  1. tears in my eyes. for the joy and fear of being a mommy! what a great expereience for you all!

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  2. What a joy this was to read! Great shot of the little bird...and quote to go with! To be cherished photos of you and your little bird!

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  3. awww. what a sweet post and swee tphotos of you and K. Love that baby birdy. Hope everything turns out okay for it.

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  4. Really a touching entry...one of my favorites ever. It is also a wonderful Christian metaphore, too, when you think about the Father.

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  5. That is so sweet. Love that he was snapping photos of you two. I think is is okay if you put him in the nest.

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  6. I love sweet little birds :) So sweet.

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  7. Awww...hope he hangs in there...and the rain stays away. (Stormy here.) Love the photos!

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  8. Oh my goodness, what a precious moment you captured. That is sad, but so sweet at the same time. Glad to hear mama bird is around though! :)

    ~Tabitha

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  9. That is a beautiful photo! Is baby bird still ok?

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