The Yellow Bird

The Yellow Bird- Busily weaving its nest

The yellow bird- I dont know what else to call it as I am not aware of the species or which family it belongs to. It is tinier than a sparrow and the colour is bright yellow. We have been seeing it around the trees of our house quite a few times. Last few days, it has been quite busy. I initialy thought that it was building a swing for itself as it wove up a circular structure on one of the branches and then started to swing on it while the other birds looked on. Then the swing developed into a more fuller structure and finally the nest was ready.

Well... I dont know what the yellow bird was thinking as it was obvious that S/he changed its mind and on a fine morning we saw it dismantling the nest and taking the straws elsewhere. I wondered what made it do this. Is it us ? or is it somebody's advise that the nest or the location wasn't safe enough- whatever it did have an enormous effect on the bird's mind.

It has been raining for the past few days and I haven't been venturing out in the yard much. It was yesterday when I drew the window curtains away for the sunlight to come in that I observed that there was a nest on the same tree but on a different branch. I looked around and saw the yellow bird bringing straws for the final touch. In the evening, I witnessed an unusual scene. The wind was blowing and the rains were coming and the chirps of the birds were quite loud. I saw that the yellow bird was sitting on a branch below to the nest and looked wet and cold and in between it would shreik and rush to it nest and try to poke in. But there was another bird - a brownish sparrow coloured one inside the nest. To us, the yellow bird looked angry and looked as if trying to storm in when it was not allowed to do so. The real story I still do not know. Who is the other brown bird who occupied the nest and was the yellow bird retalitating to the illegal posession ? Or, did the yellow bird build the nest for its spouse to lay eggs ? and was it just assuring the spouse that she can use the nest while he gets wet outside. Hmmm... human speculations and they never end. But I did feel for the yellow bird. And this morning, what I see is there are two nests on the same branch and the yellow bird is sitting inside the new one. So, whats the story now. Did it give up fighting for its rights and instead made a new one to avoid conflicts ? Or is it that the couple agreed that no one should get wet and so have another nest on the side so they can be together when the babies come. Or was it a selfless act of helping one's neighbour or friend, by building a house and then donating it to a shelterless neighbour and then again build one 's own home. Yet again... a human thought... may be one home is for living and the other one is rented out.. to earn a living :-)



Buidling the second nest