{"id":949,"date":"2008-04-11T20:16:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T14:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/04\/11\/the-ugliest-home-on-the-block-has-a-new-addition\/"},"modified":"2008-04-11T20:16:34","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T14:16:34","slug":"the-ugliest-home-on-the-block-has-a-new-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/04\/11\/the-ugliest-home-on-the-block-has-a-new-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"the ugliest home on the block has a new addition&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/04\/11\/the-ugliest-home-on-the-block-has-a-new-addition\/948\/' rel='attachment wp-att-948' title='babycoot2.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/babycoot2.jpg' alt='babycoot2.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of these little guys and was delighted to see a tiny orange furry head pop up this morning, quel plaisir!! These birds are called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdguides.com\/species\/species.asp?sp=42123\"target=\"_blank\">coots<\/a> and they have made an, um, interesting home just outside my kitchen window. They are water-dwelling birds, they create nests with twigs and whatever they can find in the canal.  It is a stylists nightmare. When I first arrived to my new home the first thing I noticed was this eye sore and I wanted to get rid of it immediately, until I found out it was in fact, a home as well. So while I&#8217;ve been sipping on my tea in the kitchen each morning I watch these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdguides.com\/species\/species.asp?sp=42123\"target=\"_blank\">funny looking black coots <\/a>build their nest higher and higher and I try to imagine all the things I could offer them to make their nest a little more appealing to the (my) eye. It was only a few weeks ago I noticed there were eggs and it reminded me once again that prettiness (or the lack there of) does not equal true natural beauty &#8211; I now feel so honoured to be neighbours with this adorable family.<\/p>\n<p>So welcome little one. What shall we name him? <\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/04\/11\/the-ugliest-home-on-the-block-has-a-new-addition\/951\/' rel='attachment wp-att-951' title='babycoot11.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/babycoot11.jpg' alt='babycoot11.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of these little guys and was delighted to see a tiny orange furry head pop up this morning, quel plaisir!! These birds are called coots and they have made an, um, interesting home just outside my kitchen window. 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