I've spent a lot of time at home by myself this spring/summer and

[Ohiogal]

2. Watching birds is very interesting!

For a while, I had a feeder right outside my kitchen window so I got a real close up look at them. (I ended up having to move the feeder farther away for various reasons)

Here is one thing that astonished me. One day I saw what appeared to be an adult bird feeding another adult bird. I think they were just common sparrows. Hmm, I thought, why are they doing that? Well as I watched them, the bird on the receiving end seemed to have a lame wing. When he was done being fed, he hopped down onto the ground and flailed around a bit as if injured. And his friend came down to the ground, too, and fed him down there. He was taking care of his injured friend! So neat to witness.