HI fellow TAGS Fans, Just a little story of Barney the Bluebird out in my back yard. Our yard is a haven for wild birds, and on occasion we get eastern bluebirds to our feeders and bird boxes. This spring we are fortunate to have a pair of these beautiful birds nesting in a little ceramic house on top of a post out back. This little house was placed there after the estate sale of my beloved parent's home was completed. I found this bird house in their back yard, all dirty and full of spider webs (uhoh Gomer, look out). I brought it home, cleaned it out, and placed it out on top of that post. A few weeks ago, a very persistent male bluebird began soaring around my bay window off my kitchen. He was "attacking" the windows, darting around each of the three windows, chattering and scolding that "OTHER" bird in the reflection! I nicknamed him Barney due to his persistence and constant "patrolling" of my entire back yard. When not patrolling the windows, he's atop a branch in an old sweet gum tree overseeing the area. "Checkpoint chickee" perhaps? Most definitely! Only a day or so after the patrolling began...there appeared the female bluebird, now known affectionately as Thelma Lou! They have set up housekeeping in that ceramic house and we all await the arrival of little blue "Fifes". Wonder if Thel will let Barney have that den with the bookcases and leather chairs? HMMM. Bet she will if she's entertaining the girls occasionally in the living room. Guess we'd better get a bigger post out back.... To be continued... jaywalkin' joan in NC (out back watchin' Barn and Thel) ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
