Hello Dear Readers,
I know it has been a while. Turning in my globe-trotting pants for the stiff lederhosen of academics has not made for very many interesting stories in the last…say…two years. And I apologize for that.
But, as spring is sort of pretending to come to Chicago, I finally have something worth blogging about.
Meet Gary and Melinda, our two newest roommates:
Gary and Melinda Doveczeck
It would seem these two little dears have taken up residence in the corner of our living room window. These two birds are in love. Like, so totally in love. So in love that they have decided to build a nest!
What usually happens is that Melinda sits in the corner, Gary flies away, and usually returns about three minutes later with a little twig in his beak, which he then drops on top of Melinda. He flies off again, leaving her to arrange the new found stick in her growing cluster of sticks.
Gary drops a stick on Linda
And then flies away.
When Gary is gone, Melinda arranges, coos, and generally is pretty cute. She also has to deal with a giant creature on the other side of the glass, constantly eye-prodding and taking photos. But honestly, I don’t think she minds. She likes the company. This is what she does all day:
Sit sit sit. toooootally bored.
So this whole process went on for quite some time. And this was the result of Day 1:
Nest, Day 1
Aw. I don’t know what they could possibly do the rest of the day. They don’t sleep here at night. Where do they sleep now? Who knows.
I am going to try to keep an ongoing record of their exploits on our window sill, which, judging by the last two days, involves a lot of sticks, cooing, and flying back and forth.
Stay tuned.
This is adorable!