So, my Dad called us the other day and told us he had interesting barbecue news. Now, I was thinking, "What kind of barbecue news could possibly be interesting? Is he barbecuing something totally bizarre, like salamander or grasshoppers?" I was way off. Apparently, my Dad has a bird problem. That problem is that the birds love his yard way too much! He tried to barbecue the other day, opened up his barbecuer, and found this.....
Yep, you are seeing correctly. A robin has made an incredibly large nest INSIDE his barbecuer!
We also found 3 other nests in the trees in his backyard. Last year, there was one nest in this same tree, and possibly the other nests as well, but we only noticed this one.
Honestly, it was pretty cool to see. The only thing is, when we got to my Dad's house, we went out back and he opened up the barbecuer to show us the nest, and the mother bird was actually inside. We scared her (and probably angered her) quite a bit, and she flew out of the grill straight at my head. Scared me senseless, and Dad said I jumped about a mile high. He's probably right! We just hope that we didn't scare her so much, or anger her so much, that she abandons the nest. We'll just have to hope for hatched eggs and baby birds soon! 
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Too bad no one was videoing that, you could have won America's Funniest Videos. What a great story.
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