Eggciting News: a house log

Sorry about the terrible egg pun but you will never believe what we discovered in my bike helmet out in the garage. Granted, it does demonstrate that we have not been out riding as frequently as we should but…

There is a bird’s nest in there. And it is not an abandoned old one, it is right now in use! Sorry for the blurry photo (taken by Sherry as she teetered on a ladder to get a swift shot before “scaring them”).

And a few hours after our discovery we in fact saw the momma bird warming her eggos (no more picture-taking ensued as we did not want to spook our new feathered friend). Is not it funny that a bird would go through all the trouble to build a nest inside of a helmet in our detached garage? We think she’s getting in by squeezing under the seal at the base of the garage door (there are not any other openings and we doubt she’s waiting for us to raise the door to fly in since she likely needs a bit more control than that).

Have any of you folks ever made any exciting animal kindgom discoveries? Perhaps you found a beehive in your basement or a bat in your attic? Does anyone have a skunk mishap to toss into the pot? Or a squirrels gone wild tale? Do tell.