There aren't any babies in the Finsterium, but I discovered a clutch in town, on top of the Wilkinson Luggage shop sign.

Folks in town have gotten pretty good at keeping birds from making nests, but Nature usually wins. Most of the cubbyholes on top of this sign are stuffed with what lookes like hardware cloth, but the second from the left got cleared. And guess what's inside?

A nest of House Sparrows. You can click here for a close up of the baby.

Yesterday there were two babies, and I stopped by just when the parents were feeding them, beaks wide open. Today I only saw one baby, and it looks just about ready to fledge. Dad was resting in the nearby tree, and baby was winking at me and preening.