today i was walking across the great court at uni when i noticed a bird sitting randomly in the middle. i thought it might have been hurt or something so i went to have a closer look. it looked like it was sitting down on something. i could see two green eggs under it's belly. it was only then that i noticed the random twigs scattered around it, i realised that over the uni break the bird must have made it's nest in the middle of the great court. on the ground. thousands of people must walk all over that court every day. the bird was so afraid, she couldn't have left her eggs all day. she must have felt so tired and hungry and belwildered and scared. i knew that the chances of her eggs surviving were unbearably slim. all it could take was somebody walking without looking, or a gardener mowing the lawn, or a stray animal, or some dickhead trying to impress their friends. and i was so sad for the poor little bird. she is going to have to sit there all day until they hatch and are old enough to leave. i felt connected with her too, because that is the kind of decision i would make if i was a bird. and i know how i would feel if my babies were in that much danger. paul said she was a plover. it made me feel sorta like this.
fin.
6 comments:
as of today they have placed a barrier/fence around the bird.
im so glad that one person can have those feelings.
LUve YOu xoxoxoxox
i think removing the bird from where it has laid its' eggs would not be a good idea as the bird would become violent and distressed. you should never move the unhatched eggs of a bird.
a fence is a good idea. Go anyone you had the idea and for having a heart!
You're not supposed to move them because it distresses them too much... Not that being in the middle of a courtyard - albeit surrounded by a fence - wouldn't either, but yeah. She chose that spot for a reason, I guess.
i like that bird, its cute, wonder when the eggs will hatch?? hmmm
if you were a bird id say youd be a peacock, all colourful and hippyish :)
that is all.
xo.
i know moving it is not ideal, but i reckon it's better then leaving it on the ground. even though humans will not get it, now other animals will. anyway it's probably gone by now.
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