It has rained at last. I haven't been into work today and got my teeth into a bit of decorating instead. I have got better at DIY stuff in the last few years. There is little more displeasing than a bit of shoddy workmanship and so I take my time and try to use my skills as best as I can.
I kept glancing out of the window while I was painting. The two blue tits were flying in and out of the nesting box with, what I assume was, food for their young. They have been in there for a while now so I doubt that they are still building a nest.
One would assume that there must be some birds that are really crap at DIY, that build a nest which falls to bits when they sit in it. Poor things, how are they going to get a mortgage on one of them?
Anyway. I was discussing this with my mate Lins who runs an engineering business. He said that a starling has been pinching the swarf from outside the workshop. When he went to investigate he saw a stainless steel nest high up in the apex of the building. Now's that's a bit of craftmanship for you; built to last. Unless it was trying to build a scouring pad.
My parents have wrens nesting in their garden. When they were building their nest, my mum left cotton wool all over the garden for them to collect because she "wanted the chicks to be nice and cosy".
I took the micky out of her for it, but I suppose she'll have the last laugh if, when we get to look in the nest, there are little pillows and duvets made out of cotton wool.
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