tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113196139281838149.post4105349811717192466..comments2023-08-27T10:16:34.341-04:00Comments on Songbird: Roots and WingsSongbird Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223820975010358179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113196139281838149.post-88548532939252708992008-05-07T09:51:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:51:00.000-04:00I like it....your theory on the birds here.I wish ...I like it....your theory on the birds here.<BR/>I wish I could draw more birds to my yard, but with a cat, dog, chickens and a young one, they don't come around much, even though I put out plenty of bird feeders!<BR/>I really try to remember that each day, it helps raise Oscar without to much restrant.Songbird Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223820975010358179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113196139281838149.post-61945623540394546932008-05-06T11:42:00.000-04:002008-05-06T11:42:00.000-04:00Ansley,I enjoyed reading this post so much. Lovel...Ansley,<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed reading this post so much. Lovely flowers and what a lovely prairie-land you have in your yard...I just think you're so lucky to have had that birds' nest. Around this time of year the swallows migrate back from Africa and start building their nests around here...but it is really hard to get this kind of proximity to them! Actually, we're both bird-lovers, James and I, and I've found that it's a lot easier to take pictures of the birds in North America. They're just tamer and not as afraid of people as they are over here...I don't know why this is exactly. But I have an hypothesis---maybe many centuries with the Native Americans fostered a mutual respect between the creatures and the men who dwelled in the land. In this crowded little island, the birds are just historically more used to being hunted, and you might call it, persecuted, that watched respectfully and lovingly.<BR/><BR/>Well, that's my theory anyways.<BR/><BR/>You've done a great service in passing on that saying, roots and wings...I'll try to remember it when I become a mother.<BR/><BR/>No better way to encapsulate the philosophy of good parenting.<BR/><BR/>---ErinErin-Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417849540811873342noreply@blogger.com