Any port in a storm – whew!  #Wordless Wednesday  #The eagle up top means birds are welcome here, right??

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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34 Responses to Any port in a storm – whew!  #Wordless Wednesday  #The eagle up top means birds are welcome here, right??

  1. Anne Mehrling says:
    May 18, 2022 at 6:57 am

    Oh! That is most amusing!

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  2. bekitschig says:
    May 18, 2022 at 8:13 am

    Cute! I love it when nature takes over

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 18, 2022 at 8:46 pm

      Me too Jeanine! Can’t you imagine the gears in this little bird’s brain thinking “perfect – tailor-made for a nursery and who’s gonna notice?”

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  3. Eilene Lyon says:
    May 18, 2022 at 9:10 am

    What kind of birdie you got there?

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 18, 2022 at 8:48 pm

      Hi Eilene – I am thinking maybe a sparrow. I wasn’t all that close to it and it was a very gray day. I saw the nest before I saw the bird, so snapped the picture, then not long afterward it came flitting by and dipped into the lamp post head (like it was perfectly okay to build a nest there). 🙂

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  4. Ally Bean says:
    May 18, 2022 at 9:51 am

    Nice nest, great little eagle mascot. What a fun find.

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  5. Tofino Photography says:
    May 18, 2022 at 10:22 am

    a bird condo! So good to see!

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  6. Laurie says:
    May 18, 2022 at 10:31 am

    So cool! Maybe the eagle will scare away predators from the nest. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 18, 2022 at 8:53 pm

      Great idea Laurie! I saw the lamp and the nest and took the shot, then the bird flitted on over and went on in, like it was perfectly normal to build your home in a lamp post head. 🙂

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  7. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    May 18, 2022 at 10:53 pm

    Yes, birds are savvy with picking the right spots to nest-build. Man-made structures don’t sway in the wind like trees do. And there’s the protection from rain and hail. 😉

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 19, 2022 at 8:48 pm

      They sure lucked out here Tom. Great protection as long as the grass-like materials don’t touch the bulb. Robins are the worst for wanting to build in inopportune spots and they will not take “no” for an answer!

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  9. Barbara Rodgers says:
    May 19, 2022 at 8:14 am

    Birds are so resourceful! But how did it get in there? One of the glass panels must have been broken…

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 19, 2022 at 9:26 pm

      Yes, they are Barbara and I’ll attest to that as Robins and Sparrows build their nests where they shouldn’t sometimes and get angry when the beginnings of a nest are torn down. I looked on the ground beneath the pole and didn’t see any glass, so I wonder if someone removed the glass panel as a joke?

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  10. Zazzy says:
    May 20, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    Perhaps the glass panel has been missing a long time. I hope the bird gets to live out its nesting period safely. Smart birdie!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 20, 2022 at 8:51 pm

      I was wondering about that too Zazzy – did someone break it out, or it fell out? I saw no jagged edges or glass on the ground. That little Mama was nervy and savvy moving in, but likely pretty pleased with herself. [Hope you are feeling better.]

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  11. Joni says:
    May 21, 2022 at 12:07 am

    It looks nice and cosy and enclosed! I used to have morning doves nest behind my outdoor lighting fixture, until I got new ones closer to the house, and were they ever miffed about it….

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 21, 2022 at 6:35 pm

      Yes, a perfect place for a nursery Joni! I believe they would be miffed. Every time I take down a Robin’s nest they do something annoying as payback and they chatter at me. They like those lamp fixtures, no one is bothering them there.

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  12. Markus + Micah says:
    May 21, 2022 at 11:23 am

    Must be expensive real estate!

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  13. singlikewildflowers says:
    May 22, 2022 at 7:21 pm

    Clever bird has style!

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  14. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    May 23, 2022 at 6:03 am

    I wonder if he’s a night owl 😉

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  15. trumstravels says:
    May 26, 2022 at 8:23 am

    Wow what a great place to nest, she will probably return next year to this great site, unless they fix the lamp!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 26, 2022 at 6:07 pm

      It sure was a great place. I’ve not been back since I took the photos and they’ve likely already hatched and fledged. I can’t blame Mama if she returns next year. I wonder how that glass pane got broken?

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