January 18, 2006

For years now, the light fixtures of my terrace have been occupied by Reinita nests. What's a Reinita? It's the PR national bird. They're pretty small, black feathered, yellow belly and two white racing stripes down their heads.

This is actually an old picture...has nothing to do with this particular story.

Well, one of these birds laid eggs in one of the nests like usual. Now, I don't really know what happened, but she apparently flew into the house one late night and my brother had a hell of a time trying to get her out. He says that she was hitting the mirrored closet doors pretty hard before she finally flew out the door. After that ordeal it seems that she has abandoned her nest. Two days ago I found one of the baby birds dead on the ground. So since then, can you believe that I've been feeding this other baby bird?

Of course you can! We feed the roaming chickens in the neighborhood! I can't just let the bird die if I can feed it. Baby birds are awkward looking since they have no feathers...kind of look like tiny vultures.