IC My New Life

Rachel is a lovely, brownish gray Eastern Phoebe with a light green underbelly. She is happily married to a dedicated husband and father, Ross (I hope you all understand the “Friendly” connection). They have been married for several years and they had four clutches (a group of eggs) together. They have had at least sixteen hatchlings (a bird a few days old) or more in all.

Rachel is awesome. She gives birth to four or five babies at one time and flies around like Superwoman. Speaking of flies…she catches them in mid-air. She also likes beetles, spiders, and ticks.

She seems quite tame making her nests on the top ledge of my front porch around my four cats. She built her first nest like a single home dwelling. Then she created a two-story condo with very low HOA fees for her brood (a family of offspring or young).

She has used fine craftsmanship on the design of several homes for her family. She designs an open cup dwelling with a base made of mud, built up with leaves and grass lined with fine grass and animal hair.

With incredible motherly skills, Rachel catches her babies’ food, feeds it to them and catches their poop in mid-air.  I have seen her in action on several occasions.  She always amazes me with her dedication to her family, her beauty, and her song. I’m so glad that she has allowed me into her life.

She reminds me not to be anxious or worried about things in my life.  Worrying is not good because we are doubting God’s power and goodness.  Sometimes we say we are just “concerned” about something.  Well, then what is the difference between concern and worry?  When we are concerned about something we are in control of our thoughts and feelings.  Worry is when something controls our thoughts, actions, or even becomes our way of life.

God wants us to remember not to worry.  In Matthew 6:25-26, 31-34, Jesus tells us three times, “Do not worry.”  How is that for stressing an important point?  If we are His disciple and we are worrying, we need to stop and remember that the Lord will take care of us.

What is one of God’s promises to us?  We don’t need to worry about anything and instead pray about everything.  We should tell God what we need and thank Him for all the things that He has done for us. Then we will experience God’s peace that far exceeds anything we can understand.

The next time you see a bird think about how God takes care of them.  Recognize that as His children He will always provide our needs.  Remember His promise that He will never leave us and always be there for us.

Click on the link below to see a video of Rachel singing:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=hrj879GkJDo

Like many of you, I count down the days until Spring with much anticipation. Recently, I have waited for the arrival of another of God’s beautiful creations. For many weeks now I have noticed a bird hanging around our house and she built a nest. Day after day she sits in that nest, presumably on top of her eggs.

When I wake up right after dawn I can sneak a peek from my kitchen window outside onto our front porch, up on the ledge, of a sleeping Mama bird. She doesn’t move around, her head is slightly turned away from me and I catch her getting a few winks. Later on, I see her nestle gently down into the nest on those eggs, day after day, week after week.

For the past couple of days, I have noticed that she will stand on the edge of the nest and peck around, look down into it as if something is about to happen. The Daddy bird will also fly over to the nest while she is out dining on some big, fat juicy worms or even some yummy flies. He stands on the edge and looks as if to see any sign of life.

Finally!! I look out into the nest one morning and all I can see is these fuzzy, little bobble heads moving around. I am so excited and happy all at the same time. It brings a tear of joy to my eyes. They are here! Welcome baby birds! Welcome to our planet!

How many birdies do you see?  To be continued…

Click on the link below, turn up the volume, watch it full screen, and type in the comments how many baby birds you see on my YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=CDwKDWLCj0E