New Neighbors for Lil Pig

Lil Pig has had many adventures, and I have been so busy that I have not had any time to post them up here. She has not been happy about that because she wants people to read and see her adventures. I apologize that I have not been able to post, and I will try to do better.

Lil Pig has found some new neighbors that she hopes will one day be her friends. Apparently we have had some pigeons find a nice place to build a nest on our balcony. We have mostly been leaving them alone, since by the time we get home it is dark and the birds fly away. However, Lil Pig is here during the day and she likes to watch them build their nest on the balcony. When she told us the pigeons were building a nest under the grill, we had to move the grill to the other side of the deck. We left for the day and left the nest exposed to the elements in the hopes the birds would take a hint and take their nest somewhere else. The next morning we found that not only was the nest gone, but the birds had moved every last stick and branch underneath the grill on the other side of the deck! So we then decided to move the grill back to the original location, throw all the sticks and branches off the side of the balcony into the trees and put pieces of wood underneath so the birds wouldn't build another nest there. Well, the next day Lil Pig ran out onto the balcony and found an egg and another day later there was another one!!! Imagine our surprise! I felt really bad that we had ruined their nest the day before they laid the egg. Lil Pig was so curious she wanted to get as close as possible to the eggs, but I wouldn't let her.

Here's Lil Pig trying to check out the eggs. One is up front and the other is way in the back.

Here's a picture of the momma bird nesting with her two eggs. Sometimes she sits on them and sometimes she just sits next to them.

Here is a close up. Lil Pig was so excited to see the momma bird had come back after we went back inside from the balcony.

It was pretty fun to explain to Lil Pig about how the baby birds will eventually hatch from the eggs and then one day they will fly away. She was so excited that she decided she wanted to fly like the birds too. I walked in on her just as she was about to jump...

See that little peach colored blur? That's Lil Pig jumping off the couch and trying to fly like the baby birds! She tied herself to a string on the ceiling fan and jumped. She was laughing so hard and had a great time, but once she realized that I wasn't laughing she knew she was in big trouble!

She is a curious little thing, but in all honesty that's what makes her so much fun to be around. Stay tuned for more of her adventures, and we'll be sure to post pictures of the baby birds when they hatch.