Blast!!

Something different is happening with the birds in our birdhouse this spring.

The pair I wrote about here came to a sad end - a little pile of feathers on the grass and lunch for some raptor . No pictures - too sad.     :(

Next came weeks of new birds trying out the birdhouse but leaving after a day or two.

I started wondering if we would go bird-less this summer when, finally, a pair of sparrows came and stayed. I totally love having a front row seat to the egg-tending process. I love listening to the chorus of hungry little cheeps coming from the birdhouse!

Just before the eggs could be laid, however, this intruder invaded our bird heaven!

What's his big deal?    I have no idea.
Is he trying to steal eggs?     Who knows?
He swoops in and screams and squawks and scares the sparrows away every day - multiple times a day.
He gracelessly bumbles down the side of the birdhouse and tries to stick his big annoying head in the opening. 
Blast!!

So the watching and hoping to hear sweet baby sparrow chirps continues...