Empty Nest..

So far this year, there has been more than usual activity of birds in my area. When I was growing up there used to be pigeons, mocking birds, finches and the occasional blue bird and the wayward parrot. After the last few years of hurricanes and the disappearance of and damage to the trees in the area, it was quite quiet last year.

The first sign of new life was a woodpecker family that took residence in a stump in the neighbor's yard. They are very protective of their young and the cats that came around were attacked swiftly. They also attacked my sis when she got too close. I have not seen the cats around for the last few weeks.

We have finches nesting and residing in the mango tree. Their young hatched and are now able to go away. After leaving, the nest fell out of the tree during this week's rain storm.

It's remarkable to see the amount of detail and work that the birds put into their nest. The adult birds are still around. I'm glad some things are still normal and simple. Sometimes, I get caught up in too many details and forget just to be simple and get the normal things completed and done.