Last spring, I noticed this Italian planter we have hanging on our upper deck had some debris in it. When I climbed up to get a closer look, I found it wasn't debris at all but a very intricate little bird's nest, delicately woven from pine straw . I left it alone because there were tiny little speckled bird's eggs inside. The little ones eventually hatched and left the nest.
These photos were taken this morning when I noticed the nest looked a bit larger than it did a year ago.
A little while ago, after getting the ladder and taking a peek inside, this is what I found. I hope St. Francis will watch over these new ones and they will be safe and prosper, just as their predecessors did last year.
