Spring is here

I haven’t posted in a while about the ‘barn’ because we have been working outside instead of inside.  We have a couple of festivals out in the campground so we have been focusing on Beltane as of late.   We will host our Beltane festival this weekend.  We usually do our festivals in the middle of the month so that they don’t conflict with all the other festivals in the area.

While we were working on the campground a few weekends ago, we found that a bird had built a nest in the fold of the 10x20 shelter that we have permanently out there.  Well, as we feared the wind knocked the nest down and all four eggs were left by the mother.   On Saturday night we were out there again for the full moon and I went over to the shelter to get our chairs and another bird had built a nest in the chair!  She had 3 eggs in it already.  So we have decided that we will tape off the shelter this year for Beltane and not use it so that the bird can raise her young in peace. 

Yesterday, Bill discovered that the original bird that had built her nest in the fold – is back.  She built another one – in the fold above the last one!  She just didn’t learn I guess – or she’s determined – one way or the other.  J