Yesterday and today, I noticed a mockingbird hanging around my tractor.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/images/birds/northern_mockingbird1_small.jpg
I thought this was rather odd because it is widely known here in Texas that mockingbirds prefer Kuboda tractors:
http://www.rc-trucks.org/used-kubota-tractors-2.jpg
and, of course, I have a John Deere tractor:
http://cdn-8.psndealer.com/e2/dealersite/images/NewVehicles/nv46132_1_400.jpg
My curiosity got the best of me, so I started looking around the tractor for a nest. To my surprise, when I flipped the seat forward, this is what I saw:
The mother mockingbird was waiting patiently while I took this picture. I am hopeful that she will successfully hatch her brood.
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There is something amazing and holy about this. "The Lord watches over even the sparrow."
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