Winter has ended; let's jump to spring 2009. The sparrows have become such a delightful part of our everyday lives, yet we're still in such awe of the fact they've "adopted us." In the springtime, sparrows mate. And how do we know this? Georgina brought us a beak full of grass blades and dropped them on the floor to indicate that she was nesting. Of course, I'm getting a little ahead of our story. During the course of winter, we had quite a worry with Georgina. We noticed that her right eye had a red ring around it that looked terrible. We had no way to get her to a vet. Thank God it healed on its own. And by the way, although her eye healed, the way we recognize Georgina is by the scarring on her right eye, and the fact that she is the only one that likes to be hand-fed her special diet of peanuts. Charlotte lost her tail feathers that winter and they eventually grew back, and Samantha seemed to have survived the cold Chicago winter without issue.
Georgina continues to come into the store every day without fail -- in fact, she visits with us numerous times throughout the day. Charlotte came in all summer long. Samantha did not. We'd like to think that she met a mate and moved to another location -- maybe she decided to move to a more rural area.
Come back next week and find out how 3 turned into 23...
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