At the moment we have several known bird’s nests within in the garden at the moment and it a wonder of nature to watch the scramble for life of these creatures.   However, with this gift comes heartache as we find from time to time the bodies of small birds, usually chicks or fledglings, around the garden.  Of course it is very easy to get all teary about such things but this would be wrong response.  Instead it should be accepted as just another part of the life cycle of the small birds who as a means to compensate for this have several large broods each summer.

I was contemplating these and many other things this afternoon as I sat in the sunlight this afternoon making this drawing.  As I did this the small birds flittered around trying to feed their ever hungry offspring.  Is there a moral?  No but then again I don’t think that there should be.