Creation itself testifies about its Creator. King David said in the Psalms, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Ps. 19:1). It is impossible to live on this planet without recognizing God, as nature is proof to His existence.

This circle of life was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen up close, so I decided to revive the monthly “Six Shots” blog post and kick it off again with my new stalking photos of a Sparrow’s nest.

One afternoon a few weeks ago…I was watering my plants and a bird came flying out of one of my pots on the front porch. I had hoped that I wasn’t watering a nest and was mortified when I saw the eggs.

The mother bird came back, and the eggs were fine because they hatched a few days later!

The mom was always gone mid day, but we met up here and there as she was bringing the babies back worms.  Of course at night, she parked herself on top of them again…warding off neighborhood cats. There was clearly an altercation one night, because all of the surrounding pots were knocked over.  We built a barricade with tennis ball hoppers for the next week to keep cats from being able to get to them too easily.

When they were just a few days old, if you whistle, the babies hold their mouths open, hoping a worm is about to drop in from mom.  After about a week, they figured out not to make a peep if mom was’t there.

I had an empty feeling when I went out to check on them almost three weeks later…and found an empty nest.  They had gotten in all their feathers and I guess had flying lessons and went on into the world with mom.

It was really neat to be able to see nature work out in the form of a bird’s nest because I am such a bird lover!

-SDS