Patty and Her Siding

A few weeks ago Mr. B cut a hole in the house to vent our dryer. (A monuments occasion for our wet clothes.) He left the piece of siding lay were it fell. I like to think he was so excited to finish hooking up the dryer and to take it for a test spin that it just slipped his mind to pick it up. A few weeks ago Patty, pumped up on hormones, found it. Over the next few weeks she built up a nest for it. She has been diligently tending to her siding; sitting on it at every night and most of the day. She is very protective of her nest. Gus found this out the hard way.

She has laid a few eggs for us and we snatched those up when she wasn't looking. They made an amazing chocolate cake. I am secretly hoping that we were right in naming Charles. Patty has shown some good mothering instincts and we could have a few little "Buff Pilgrims" running around next spring.

I think I will let the nest go for a few more weeks and then take it away. But for the time being it's pretty darn amusing. My baby girl is trying to hatch a circular piece of aluminum siding.