For the birds

We have babies! I was a bit worried about the little guys in this heat, last year we had a batch that didn't make it, so I stuck a nail in the side of the house and mounted a desk fan on it aimed at the birdhouse about 2 feet away, the parents didn't mind and it did help cool things off, ya I am a sap... It's pretty interesting to watch the sparrows, they feed the babies in a colony, who knows who the real parents are, cause there are at least a dozen adults coming to feed constantly, they actually wait in line to feed next along our fence out back! It was so hot, different species of birds were accomodating each other for the bird bath, this robin bathed in the middle of the sparrows, while a blue jay waited one the ground and a crow on the fence behind (no doubt waiting for me to leave, not the little ones, he took over as soonas I left)