Showing posts with label Dead Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dead Birds. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

A Final Good-Bye


Some of you may remember my post from last June about these two sweet birds flying into my 3rd story window at my studio and how I buried them in my home garden.

Well, this June, for some reason, has been especially bad for the birdies that live close to my studio.  On two separate occasions I found the tiniest little ones who had perished on my patio.
This one was so tiny, I think he was just learning the ropes of flying.  I felt so bad that I felted him a burial blanket and laid him to rest in my garden next to the ones from last year.

And then not a week later I found another in the same spot on the patio.  Just don't know what to do to stop them from hitting my windows.  

The second one I found, I put him in the netting basket that hangs in my home garden with bits of fabrics, threads and lint from my dryer for the day, then dug another hole to place him in.  I keep this basket for the birds to build their nests with.  I got the idea from my good friend Mary who loves to attract birds to her garden.  You can see hers above and how it's overflowing with wonderful fibers for the birds.
Rest in peace sweet little birds.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Laid to Rest

Recently I stepped out onto the patio of my home/studio and saw the saddest site, these two sweet very dead yellow birds.  I don't know my birds so I'm not sure what species they are, but they were the most lovely shade of yellow, one a bit more so than the other, so I'm assuming male and female.  
I have lots of large high windows on this side of the house, so once again I'm assuming they were flying together and hit one of the topmost windows and fell side by side onto the patio floor.  I picked them up with these coconut shells I just happened to have handy and took them over to my beloved garden at our other home for their burial.  I dug a hole and laid them side by side, then carefully covered them with soil, and placed a few blossoms on top.  It was all so very sad.