The birds in Arizona are crazy. They roost in neon signs of strip mall stores, attack Matthew while he is on his morning jog and "meet" (see earlier post)regularly in our backyard. And although Abby does her best to scare them away, they believe that the waterfall in our pool was built specifically for them to bathe in. They also attempt to build nests in the palm trees surrounding the pool.
Apparently, one such nest tipped and spilled out four little baby birds. I don't know who was more excited - Anna Cate or Abby. I wish I had my camera ready so that I could have taken pictures of Matthew and AC trying to catch the little bird that came to be called "Angel". Matthew stood on one side of the pool fence wearing work gloves, trying to actually catch it, while AC ran back and forth looking for it and giggling with excitement. We did catch the bird and Anna Cate made a nest for it out of a shoe box with leaves and grass at the bottom. She then added little bread crumbs and a tiny cup of water. When "Angel" was safely in her new little nest, Anna Cate stood over it and sang her songs to "calm her down".
<Sadly, by morning, Angel was no longer with us. Anna Cate was very disappointed, but I'm glad we were able to experience the wonder of God's creation all the same.
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