So I'm working on the elusive garden cottage today...
I swear there's a post coming any day now about it...
I had walked past a secret that nature left me about twenty times when I finally noticed this...
A sweet little nest inside a rusty sconce that flanks one side of the door into the cottage...
But then I noticed this... Do you see it?
The egg had fallen out of the nest and wedged between a garden pot that the nest is built on top of and the sconce... What to do, what to do?
I know you aren't supposed to touch the egg, but I thought the egg had no chance where it was and maybe the mama has even abandoned it already...
So I carefully lifted the nest and pot trying ever so hard to touch the nest as little as possible... Then using a plastic spoon I lifted the egg and place it back inside the nest where the mama left it. 
I hope she comes back and thinks something magic has happened... I wonder if she is somewhere fretting over her lost baby... Do birds fret? 
I'll be keeping an eye on the egg now... Let's keep our fingers crossed...
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19 comments:
Awwww how precious and what a wonderful place for a nest! Hope she returns and we see a little baby soon. :o)
Oh, so sweet!! When can we peek in the cottage?
I don't know if birds fret, but I know I fret whenever I see an egg that has fallen out of its nest! We live in the country and have birds nesting everywhere you turn. We also have cats (which I love) that, unfortunately, love to go after the birds and their eggs every time they try. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they don't. Every time they get one, though, I can't help but wish that cats didn't like to eat birds!!
Way to intervene!! I hope mama bird comes back, too.
Can't wait to see your pics when you get done with your garden cottage. :)
Take care ~ Jo
oh dear, I hope she comes back
please keep us informed.
AMy
I've got my fingers crossed and toes too! Hope Mama comes back soon! :)
Goodness. I hope mama will come back.
I'm glad you intervened. That would have made me sad, too.
I think you did the right thing ~ please keep us up to date!
So hard NOT to help out. Such a precious nest. Hope momma comes back to the nest. Can't wait to see the cottage!
xo,
Debra
Lovin the look of your “new Blog”... I fret over birds in a big way...they are so sweet.
Oh Shelley, what a wonderfully good thing you've done here!
Keeping my fingers crossed for the mama to return. :-)
Hugs,
Anne
Oh, let us know what happens with egg! and the cottage!
Oh I hope she comes back....but I don't know??? very sweet though...I hate to see when the cats get the birds...but I guess it is part of the cycle of life.
oh! how sweet! poor thing - I hope she comes back and gives it some love! : )
Hey Shelley,
The blog looks awesome! That Karen is something else. The blog whisperer. The chair is genius, the frame with the background, so you! And the manni inside the frame is wonderful. So, I guess you can tell I like it! Also think that little nest in the rusty thing couldn't be cuter. What's this secret garden? Lisa
That's what I call watching your "nest egg". Hopefully mama birdie won't object to some heartfelt intervention. So glad you spotted it.
Debbie
P.S. Cam't wait to see the new digs. Get it...garden...digs?
Oh, sooo sweet! I hope Mama comes back!!! :)
You did the right thing! Now we have to hope that Mama comes back and takes over.
xo
Claudia
I think this is one of the sweetest posts I have ever seen! *smile* ~Mandy
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