Another Nest

For the second time in as many months we have a bird nesting right outside our bedroom window. In the extreme heat on Christmas Eve the mother, a Willy Wagtail, stood on the edge of the nest shading her chicks from the afternoon sun. The three chicks chirped incessantly demanding that she remain at her post. Looking like a guard she rested on the nest's outer rim for many minutes at a time.  Then she repeatedly few off to source food for their insatiable appetites. Every mother on Christmas Eve is often as busy.