Day 157

When I got home from work tonight I spotted a little bird in the yard, a little tiny black capped chickadee, at first I thought it was a grownup but then I noticed it was super small and not flying too much, I even walked over to it and it didn't move, so of course I went to switch lenses on my camera to take some pictures of the cute little thing. That's when I noticed there were more of them, they seemed like they were everywhere, in the grass under the tree, everywhere you looked. I suddenly worried that I would step on one of them, so I as I carefully walked around I started to see the mom and the dad bringing the little ones food, it was fascinating. They would go over to our feeders get a sunflower seed, crack it open and then bring the seed to one of the little chicks, first one, then the next, constantly going back and forth feeding each one of them in turn. I finally determined there were five of them, hopping and fluttering around, they would fly for five or six feet then rest for a while, waiting for food. I watched them for the longest time, until it got too dark to take pictures, I watched them hop around exercising their little wings, waiting for their parents, you could see it in their little eyes, they new mom and dad were not far away. Before long all five of them had hopped or fluttered underneath the bush that must be where they live, when I came out later to take the dogs out, who for now are on a very short leash, I could hear them chirping away in the bush, settled in for the night, with full little bellies, exhausted and cozy with their parents to keep them safe and sound.

"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven." -Emily Dickenson