Yesterday morning Eagle went to weed the vegetable garden. What they found was quite a surprise. The weeds were the usual suspects. What was moving inside the plant cages was new. We use the cloches to keep rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks away from our seedlings. This visitor was not a mammal, and was on the inside of the cage!
It was a small bird! How the heck did it get in the cage?
Eagle called for me to see, ran for a camera and took these shots. After taking two dozen photos, Eagle lifted the metal cage and the bird flew away. Happy ending!
This is part of Debbie’s Six Word Saturday. Click on the challenge name for a picture show!
¡Olé! –Rebecca
¿Jaula para evitar criaturas visitantes?
Ayer Eagle fue al huerto para sacar malas hierbas. Lo que encontró era un sorpresa grande. Las malas hierbas eran los normales. Lo que se movía dentro de la jaula de plantas era nuevo. Usamos estos cubiertos de metal para mantener a los conejos, ardillas y ardillas listadas aparte de las plantas tiernas. Este visitante no era mamalia y ¡estuvo al interior de la jaula!
Era un pajarito. ¿Como es que entró en la jaula?
Eagle me llamó a mí para verlo, corrió para recoger una cámera y tomaba fotos. Después de hacer unas doce fotos, Eagle levantó la jaula y el pajarito voló. Desenlace feliz.
¡Olé! –Rebecca
Fake Flamenco 
How the heck did it get in? Great question!
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Hi, Wynne. The only possible point of entry was the 1/2 inch (cm) where the lower ring of the cloche was above the dirt in one spot. I imagine curiosity led the birdie in then it didn’t find the spot to let itself out.
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Ah, how interesting! Thank goodness it got out without injury!
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Yes, we hope it was not trapped for too long and were thankful it was able to fly away.
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I got perplexed with the name “eagle”.
Btw, the bird can phase through, simple
Or maybe it was saving someone and took the blame.
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Aha, Eagle is the name I use for my teenager to protect their privacy. 🙂
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Totally confused me!!
😅
Have a happy weekend ahead
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Yes, that’s why you didn’t realize I was a parent, probably thought I was a huge bird watcher or falconer instead. 😉
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Best wishes 😁
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🙂 off to feed the Eagle
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The little bird is lucky Eagle discovered its plight. Little does it know, it became famous for a few minutes as a result. 🙂
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Ha ha, yes its 5 minutes of fame. 😉 I should probably tweet about as well…
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Lucky escape for an over-inquisitive bird!
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Yes, Margaret! I must say it could have been doing us s service. There may have been tasty slugs inside that it took care of for us!
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Excellent fellow!
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It’s amazing where some critters can get in. Mice are the perfect (not-appreciated) example. 🙂 Glad you found and released it.
janet
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Yes, 1/4″ is enough for a mouse. Yes, glad our teen is a keen observer ad likes wildlife.
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How the heck, indeed, Rebecca! I’ve never seen a cloche in use or on sale at our local garden center.
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My parents found them in Gardener’s catalog a couple years back and gave them to me for my birthday. They work well to keep the critters away when the seedlings emerge from the ground. Unless a curious bird stops by! https://www.gardeners.com/buy/chicken-wire-cloche/8590210.html
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Entertaining post, Rebecca. I’m glad there was a happy ending. Poor wee bird!
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Thanks, Janet. We figured the bird tweeted a lot about its adventure.
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I’m glad that the bird was rescued. I bet that it had quite the scare!
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Yes, it seemed quite scared. Eagle took a video of it tweeting nervously as it flit around in the cage.
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My husband has a million systems for keeping birds out of the berries, but they always find a way in. He calls them, collectively, Moriarty, after the arch fiend that was the nemesis (?) of Sherlock Holmes.
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Ha, Moriarty is a good name for birdies who break down berry barriers! I don’t think this little one did any harm to the cucumber plants. 🙂
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Must have been so scary for the bird…and a mystery as to how it got inside! Thankfully, you two rescued it from prolonged captivity, so that’s a happy ending!
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Thanks, Rebecca. He/she was very cute. Glad no feathers got damaged on the chicken wire cage.
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