Bhavana34: Sorry to interrupt the male-bashing party, but considering your statement about giving away your firstborn, that the men in your life haven't been "worth it", and your apparently generally low opinion of men in general (and that your son is no longer "available for trade"), I'm guessing that you're no prize yourself, LOL. Glad to hear your poor son is on his own now, and I'll bet once he doesn't need you anymore he'd be willing to give you away in exchange for a good home somewhere, also. :O) Kinda scary to hear that someone with so little respect for men/her own children, as to consider them inconveniences/not up to her standards is training to be an RN... so hoping to avoid that hospital at all costs!!
As far as your statement that you don't need men, um yeah, you do, because if not for men you would have no car, no roads to drive on, no gasoline, no computer, no electricity, no running water, no hair dryer, no refrigerator, no air conditioner, no heater, no stereo, no airplanes, no hospitals, no batteries, no binoculars, no bird guides... need I go on??? Feminism has poisoned the minds of so many otherwise good women, it's truly depressing for us "nice guys" who watch women make lousy choices, going for men who mistreat them (and complaining about it) while abusing and taking for granted the men who are actually good to them. It's something to do with the primal, Reptilian brain I guess-to be attracted to gangbangers, drug addicts, alcoholics, abusers, etc because they're seen as "strong". Hmmm... maybe that's why so many men act like that, because women seem to like it so much!!
To everyone: on a bird note (no pun intended), I just discovered a Carolina Wren nest with several eggs in it, in my enclosed back porch where I keep a window open. A bird flew out of a large plastic storage bin I have there, filled with wicker and wood scraps, and into my house, and after I guided her out, sure enough I discovered a nest with several eggs in it. The container it's in is on a counter about 2 1/2 feet off the ground, and the nest itself is another foot higher... yet I'm wondering if the babies will be able to get out of the container when it's time, with all of the stuff in there. Assuming they do, I put some padding on the wooden floor, and from there, as long as I leave the porch door (and outside screen door) open, they'll be able to get outside, and hop down three steps, or fly away. Worried they might leave the nest before they're ready to fledge though, and fall down between/below some of the stuff in the container, then die down there before I knew they were out of the nest. On the other hand, I'm concerned that if I reposition the nest inside the container, and/or put something under it so the chicks can't "fall through the cracks" as it were when they're born (and they'll have to climb/fly up 8 or 10 inches to get over the rim of the container), the female might abandon the nest. That's the last thing I want to do, of course-yet I need to make a decision on that before the eggs hatch.
No idea when the eggs were laid, so hard to say when that'll be, but I'm doing my best to let the mother know she's welcome there, and that I won't hurt her. Now I'll be avoiding going in and out through my back porch-though I've had two bird feeders for a while, so I'm hoping the wrens know I'm their friend, and have no intention of hurting them. It's a wonderful and curious thing that these birds trust humans enough to fly into and out of our houses, and feel comfortable building their nests there within our easy reach. Either they're extremely intelligent, and study people to choose friendly bird-lovers to move in with... or they're not very bright at all, and haven't figured out that humans are the most dangerous and hateful species on the planet, who can't be trusted as far as they can throw them. Since a Carolina Wren can't throw a person very far, that's saying something!
Any info on caring for birds under these circumstances, or related stories and experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
Fred
