Aww. Better get her some yummies.
My 1st baby wren hatched this morning. I was going to get some mealworms for mama, but going to head back to calif cuz my mom passed away.
I’ll have to watch the nest from my phone.
I’m sorry to read about your loss, and I hope that you have safe travel and a rewarding time of reflection with other family.
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Thank you. Was supposed to leave Friday, but there were plane problems, gate changes, big storm, griund planes and no landings at Charlotte airport, and finally mass flight cancelations. So, My brother and I didn’t make it back in time to say goodbye to our mother before hospice took her away that night. The airport was full of angry passengers. Now I won’t leave till later this week.
Sorry to hear about you Mom. I believe she got her moneys worth on the ride of life, wasn’t she 96 years old or so?
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Thanks. We celebrated her 97th in May, in the hospital.
My condolences!
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Thanks. 2 more days and I’ll be heading back out there. I’m just glad she didnt suffer.
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The weather is going to be HOT this week starting tomorrow. 
Most of the times I went back to Calif it was in the colder months. Now I will be able to enjoy the dry heat.
Yeah, that’s a good thing. My mother just turned 91 and she’s pretty healthy except she has an onset of dementia and can’t walk anymore.
Yikes!
If I live to be that old, and if I become a burden on my kids, I would probably wait till a freezing day and walk off into the distance…
I hear you, thankfully she hasn’t been a burden so far, she’s in an old age home.
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Ours was in the hospital a few months ago and didnt so well, so they said they couldnt do anything more for her and to put her on hospice amd make her comfortable. We chose hospice at home because if she got better she couls get off it, and because there are 9 of us siblings, the 7 girls would take turns taking care of her, too.
She did get so much better at home and they thought she might get off hospice. But she got an infection and her lungs at fluid again. But she opt not to get it removed anymore and within days she got worse.
But she was ready to go.
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She’s in a better place now.
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It has short wings.
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I asked ChatGPT and this is the answer I got:
The bird in your image appears to be a House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), which is one of the most common and widespread small birds in suburban and urban areas across North America and much of the world.
Key identifying features that support this:
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Small, stocky body
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Rounded wings and short tail
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Males typically have a gray crown, black bib, and chestnut-colored nape (though lighting and image angle might obscure some of this)
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The plumage is generally brown with streaks on the back and wings
If you want a more specific ID, a clearer side view or more detailed close-up of the head and chest would help — especially to distinguish between male and female or similar species like the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. But based on shape and context, House Sparrow is the most likely.
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