Bike Helmet - Home Sweet Home

On the morning of January 15th I was getting ready to leave for school like any ordinary day.  What happened next, however, was not ordinary.   It all started when I heard birds making bizarre noises outside my front door.  I investigated and caught my fire finches in the act of building a nest in my bike helmet, which was hanging on my handle bars.  Not only had the built a nest ... they had laid an EGG!!!!  For the most part the nest was composed of dead leaves, sticks, duct tape, etc.  (smart birds to use duct tape... except for the whole nest in helmet part!)  There was one item though that didn't fit in ... a snake skin!  (Sorry no picture, camera battery died)    

The fate of the egg:  I transferred the "nest" into a calabash and left in on my chair outside.  I was worried that the parents of the egg would forsake it, the egg would hatch and I'd be forced watch a helpless baby bird die.  Very dramatic.  Luckily a big gust of wind blew the calabash over, cracking the egg and saving me from making any decisions at all.   The end.