Love on a Rooftop
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (44231)
United States
February 15, 2025 2:05pm CST
I used to go to some meetings as a parent rep at my kid's school. One day, we were waiting for someone. Some of us looked out the window onto a rooftop just below the windows.
A mother and father bird were trying to train a baby to fly. I think they were Killdeer but I'm not certain. They nest on the ground but for some reason, they were up there.
The baby was scared. The parent birds fluttered around, showing him how to fly. The baby cowered in fear. The mama bird ran to him and folded her wing lovingly around him. They then tried again.
Those birds loved their baby and would not abandon him up on the roof. I never saw such devotion in the bird world.
We had to resume our meeting so I did not see the end. When it was over, I rushed to the window and saw the parents and baby were gone. I wish I could have seen him fly away.
Did you ever think birds loved their little ones so much? Have you ever seen love on a rooftop?
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@much2say (57381)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Feb
Nature somehow instinctively knows how to best care for their little ones 
. That would be so exciting to see from the rooftop - I wish you could've seen it all the way through too. I've seen fledglings go from jumping to flying, but I've never seen the parent "teaching" them.
. That would be so exciting to see from the rooftop - I wish you could've seen it all the way through too. I've seen fledglings go from jumping to flying, but I've never seen the parent "teaching" them.2 people like this
@much2say (57381)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb
@akalinus That's true . . . after learning to fly, there's a whole wide world out there to deal with. There's always "the last one" . . . hopefully he made it out there in life. Yah, some people just don't fly away from the nest.
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@akalinus (44231)
• United States
16 Feb
I hope the baby was mature enough to survive in this world. All the other babies were gone to start their lives. Only this one did not want to go. A lot of people are like that too. I know a 50-something-year-old woman who still lives with her mother in the same house. She never left the nest.
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@RasmaSandra (83484)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Feb
I believe animals are among the best parents in the world, I hope that baby bird enjoys flying.
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@Deepizzaguy (108073)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Feb
I have never seen birds make love on a rooftop before.
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@kaylachan (76402)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Feb
Not like that, but it's cool how animals can be.
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@id_peace (15334)
• Singapore
16 Feb
I only see them before on youtube videos where some red falcon or red hawk build a nest on someone's balcony and the birds were been feed on. When it is time for them to leave the nest, the adults will teach them how to fly. After a few flutters, the first one took off. It may take the last one a bit more time but they are able to do it eventually.
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@JudyEv (349583)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb
I would have been glued to that window too. What a lovely scene to have witnessed.
