A Quiet Fall

Things have been quiet for us. Lately we've been moving cotton fluff from one nest to the other. In fact its become a bit of a game moving fluff from one nest just to have it moved back again. The weather has been getting a little colder, we can tell by all the kids wearing sweaters, but Mom hasn't turned on our heater yet - she says its not that cold yet. At least she keeps the bath water warm, though between you and me we prefer bathing in our drinking water bowl rather than the bird bath. It's driving Mom nuts. We're hoping that soon Mom will give us a new toy to play with because while quiet can be nice, it does get a little boring.

Our Vacation

Hi everyone we're back!  We decided to go visit our Auntie Pat for a week, while Miss Renee was away on her vacation.  Hey if she gets one, we want one too!  Anyway, we had a great time with Auntie Pat.  It's always fun to visit her.  We got to spend time out on the porch where we could feel the wind in our feathers and say hi to some of our bird friends who visit Auntie Pat's feeders.  It was nice to catch up with all our feathered friends.  There was talk about food, nests, eggs and babies, who flew the highest or the fastest, lots of talk about the neighborhood cats, a hawk and even the games kids in the neighborhood were playing.  We caught up on all the gossip. 

At night we got to spend time with Auntie Pat, she reads to us, sings to us and talks to us all the time. It was nice to hear about all the things she's been doing since we saw her last.  She is a very busy lady.   Overall we had a wonderful time visiting, but its nice to be home.

Our Superhero Summer

Apparently we both wanted to be Superman

Boom! Kapow! Wham!  We're action packes

Belmont Public Library for Birds

The Belmont Public Library was created for birds.  Yup, that's right -  no humans allowed.  We are so jealous!  To read more about this story click here.

Special thanks to our friend Mollie, for sending us this story!

Every Hero has a Story!

It's an interesting topic this year, but I find that not only heroes have interesting stories to tell but many people do.  I know that Kyp and I have quite a few stories to tell about our adventures, that is part of the reason that we run this blog.  I mean who would think that two little birds would have so much to say.  

But I will admit that heroes probably have more interesting stories than we do.  Rescue dogs must get into some unusual and dangerous places to rescue humans in trouble, there are even cats who warn their families of fires in their homes, not to mention the wild animals who face danger every day.  But even the simple stories sound fantastic - like the dolphin who survived with an artificial tail, or the tortoise who befriended a baby hippo.  Those are heroes.  So maybe our stories aren't that heroic, but then again if someone is getting joy out of our blog and we're making someone smile on a day they feel blue, isn't that a little heroic.  

Who ever said that being a hero meant doing big deeds, maybe those of us who do little, quiet deeds are heroes too, maybe those are the silent heroes, the people you see everyday who make a little difference whether we notice or not.  That means that kids and birds can be heroes too.

Some animal hero book suggestions:

• Winter's Tail by Juliana Hatkoff
• Owen and Mzee by Craig Hatkoff
• Ellie's Story by W. Bruce Cameron
• Hero Dogs by Donna Jackson
• Rescue Dogs by Judith Presnall
• Cats to the Rescue by Marilyn Singer