Comments on: Eggciting News

By: melanie u

melanie u — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:11:40 +0000

came across this sight at my aunt’s house in charlottesville last spring! a bird had made a nest in the back of the newspaper holder out by their mailbox.

they were sooo so sweet.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2327/newspaperbirds.jpg

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:39:39 +0000

My sister forwarded this to me. She knows I love birds and nature. This is so cool. I would be so excited if I found that.

The best nature around man story I have is this. On a very foggy evening more like twilight mid-summer last year, I was driving down a major road in our area. This was a two lane road, highly developed with stores and strip malls and the like. As I was driving along, just in front of me, out of the very thick fog ambled (and I mean ambled, just strolling along) a 6 point buck crossed the street in front of me. It came out of the fog in such a way that is seemed supernatural. It was the neatest thing I had ever seen.

By: Kristen in Atlanta

Kristen in Atlanta — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:02:57 +0000

Hi! I just forwarded an email to you about a contest sponsored by Cornell University Ornithology Lab for the
strangest places that birds build nests. There are prizes.
I bet you could win with that great picture!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:38:56 +0000

My fiancé used to work and live full-time at a children’s camp, so his home was literally a one-room log cabin in the middle of the woods. With only screen windows and shutters, creatures got in all the time.

One night he woke to find a bat flying flying around the room. Before he could get up to try to shoo it out, he saw the cat (Seamus) leap from the end of the bed, catch the bat in mid-air and land on the floor with it beneath his front paws (he is de-clawed in the front). Then Seamus looked up at my fiancé and made this chirping noise that he does when he wants attention. Seamus then let my fiancé take the bat and release him outside as if that had been his plan all along.

By: Teesha

Teesha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:15 +0000

Well, I’ve had a few mice in my house earlier this year! EEK! Even though they may be “cute” little creatures, they are NOT fun to have in your house! Needless to say, they had to go…thank goodness my boyfriend set the traps and we’re now rid of them.
As for birds, I had an “interracial” bird couple visit my ferns last year. Seriously, it was a white bird and a red robin that settled in and created a nest. I was hoping for some pink baby birds, but they were brown (*smile). Anyway, the momma bird would watch us as we sat on the porch and if I needed to water the pot, I’d tap on the pot for her to fly away, water the fern, and then she’d come back to sit on her eggs. It was very cute….except for the poop everywhere. LOL

By: Nicole RJ

Nicole RJ — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:48:44 +0000

We haven’t had any critters move in with us, but we did once have a bat join us in our livingroom to watch Batman Begins with us (seriously!). Scared the bejesus out of us!

By: Rachel @ Chicks & Chaps

Rachel @ Chicks & Chaps — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:25:37 +0000

While replacing the doorknob on our backdoor, I found a yellow jacket nest behind the strike plate. While it was and old one, it still scared me that they could nest in such a thin place where you put your hand! Then, we had the box for our phone lines moved and when they opened it up, wasps nest! The installer said they are always in there so if you have wasps and can’t see the nest that would be a good place to look ;o) Too bad I don’t have a cute birdy story!

By: kristi

kristi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:37:33 +0000

A former roommate of mine can be a bit excentric and swore to the entire house that she had a squirrel in her walls and above her bedroom. She is known to overexagerate just about everything, so they polietly nodded their heads and did their best to not be annoyed with her. A few months after the squirrel girl dropped it, one roommate came home to find a squirrel sitting on their dirty dishes eating their scraps from dinner. I guess it was just a case of the girl who cried squirrel!

By: Magchunk

Magchunk — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:00:37 +0000

When I was a kid we had a bat fly into our house during the summer when the back door were open. Our house was small but tall, and of course the bat choose the highest corner in the stairwell that extended both floors. We lived with the bat for two days before someone could come capture it and escort it out. I named “her” Debbie, after one of my best friends of the time, which my mom still thinks is a riot.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:20:55 +0000

My mama has recently become the Dr. Doolittle of Texas, it would seem. In the past two months she has had a turtle lay eggs in her yard, a dove lay eggs in the gutter outside her front door, and a rabbit have babies under her azaleas. My mom’s westie, Ellie has made friends with all of them.