Bella helps the birdies.....err, well sort of :)

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A couple of weeks ago I posted a thread that we had a Mama bird starting to build a nest right above our living room window. She had found a tiny slit where the siding from the house met the siding from the under part of the window and worked her way in. Anyway, she has been very busy. I have no idea if the babies have hatched but the sight from outside is very impressive. She is dragging twigs that are over a foot long into the nest! While outside the other day, I noticed something white in her nest. Then I saw some more on the ground below the nest. As I looked further, I realized it was Bella's fur! LOL! When I groom her I vacuum all of her fur but I go outside and shake off my grooming smock and also she goes outside and shakes so some of her fur is often floating around my yard. Apparently Mrs. Bird has found and gathered some of Bella's fur and it is helping to keep her little babies warm. I am attaching a couple of photos. I wish they were better, but you can get the idea. The white stuff in the nest is Bella's fur. After the activity in the nest has subsided hubby will go out and make repairs. Ripley is hoping that we will find some of his fur in the nest.