[screaminsunshine]

I know. It was amazing. He won the hearts of a whole crew of roughneck oil drillers. It was all hands on deck when I let him go on shore. Cool.

[AnAmericanMother]

Great little birds -- and so nice that y'all had a nature break, so to speak, so far from shore. It's like a message from home.

Another very friendly bird is the house wren or Carolina wren. They LOVE to be around people and will nest in the oddest places. We didn't use our front door for the longest time because a pair of Carolina wrens decided to use the wreath on the door knocker to raise a family and we didn't want to disturb the babies. But the mama would sit in the wreath and hold a conversation with me while I was sweeping the front steps.