Sadly the squirrels are at it again.
They seek out the birds' nests and destroy the eggs.
This little nest had been pillaged from it's place amongst the porch ferns, the mother had abandoned it, never to return.
Brown, dry, dead, silent, empty house,
Tree-house, house in a tree,
Not any house,
The house of a bird,
A
bird’s house,
A house made of sticks,
Of twigs,
And of leaves,
Small
but stable,
Dirty but tidy,
A cradle,
A place of safety,
A
safe-house,
Little chicks inside,
Untouchable,
Protected from the
outside world,
A fortress,
The bird’s fortress,
A fortress of the
sky,
In the trees,
In the forest,
Unreachable from the dangers
below,
Safe,
A bird’s nest,
The bird’s nest,
Home.
~Fredrik Azzopardi