While this rose bush needs a pruning and some clean up and love, I took this picture yesterday for a solid reason.. to remind myself that thorns can be a good thing.
You see last year, some smart breeding pair of birds made their nest in the middle of this bush and they safely sat their eggs and hatched and feed their babies in this tangle of green and thorns so big and sharp that they will bleed you..
Not a single farm cat bothered them, because they used a nature to their advantage.. Like to many things in life, if you look and your take the time to be have a good defence the odds are increased in your favor.
The second thing I love about my bird nests is that they are all made to some degree with sheep’s wool.. from the littlest one to the biggest.. they are layered in white, grey, brown and black wool.. Smart birdies!
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Cozy little nests. 🙂 Do you think they’ll return even if you clear out the debris?
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Not sue to be honest, maybe.. I had a nest at the top of the Bean Teepee, and Another one in the pear tree and the cherry tree so its quite possible they will do the rose bush again..
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