El Hornero

VULGARIS NAME: Hornero.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hornero rufus.

The "Hornero" is reddish brown.
It is very elegant in its walk, and very confident.
It is common in urban and semi-urban sites.











The nest is built in autumn,
and both members of the couple are involved in its building.
They carry the mud with their beaks, with added roots and grass,
as they go shaping the oven.
For its location they usually choose visible places:
thick tree branches, posts and ceilings.










The nest consists of two cameras, a previous entry, separated by a wall,
the later one for incubation and rearing.
Although the nest lasts for 2 or 3 years, each season they build 1 or 2 new ones, sometimes one above another, as a building.
The abandoned nests are disputed by mice, jilgueros, swallows, and sparrows.

Mrs. Peck Pigeon

Mrs. Peck-Pigeon
Is picking for bread,
Bob-bob-bob
Goes her little round head.
Tame as a kitty-cat,
In the street,
Step-step-step
Go her little red feet.
With her little red feet
And her little round head,
Mrs. Peck-Pigeon
Goes picking for bread.

Eleanor Farjeon

Rose-breasted grosbeak

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
Chinese Proverb

Birds

Look at the bird
Up in the tree top,
Building its nest
With so much hard work.








Hatching its eggs
So smooth and so round,
Then feeding its babies
Worms from the ground.










Look at the bird
With beak for a mouth.
When it gets cold,
The bird will fly south.








When it gets warm,
The bird will return.
Let´s watch how the birds live,
And see what we learn.

A robin feeding her chicks! :)