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Hi friends,

Just as I mentioned previously we placed a home for sparrow and no one dared to enter it, but one fine morning here were our new owners who came to visit the pretty bird house. They had some twittering and chirping among themselves, perhaps they twittered about the pros and cons of residing at the bird house. After some hesitation, fears and doubts, finally one of them peeped in through the hole. The sparrow hopped into the house and in some time came out discussing about how spacious it was perhaps. The two one after another hopped in and out of the house cheerfully. 
After a while I saw each one bring in the straws, and fibers of broom sticks, the little grass blades that grew in one of our plant pots for construction of their nest. The fresh green grass blades disappeared in no time from every pot. Within a few days the bird house was absolutely packed with straws and feathers. It appeared they just peeled off some pigeon to obtain feathers for their new home. 
We were overjoyed because soon there would be tiny chirping sounds of baby sparrows. 

One fine day I was shocked to see the nest shattered, the crow had destroyed their nest, and he had pulled out large amount of straws and feathers. I had no way of protecting and shielding the bird house from this nasty creature, but this turned out very positive because the sparrows had located their newcomers hidden beneath the pile of all the stuff. They located their babies and soon they were busy feeding young ones with worms and critters.
I was thrilled, in few days I would be able to see them grow up as cuddly, adorable, fluffy baby sparrows. 
It is indeed very difficult today for house sparrows to survive, no wonder people hold campaigns to help them breed. 
It is heart rendering to see the crow tear apart the young ones to feed its own babies. Oh! What a cycle it is!

We have young ones of crows perching right in the front of our window. The baby crows perch on the building under construction next to ours. They simply keep crowing repeatedly for more and more food. Up at the bird house the tiny house sparrows are busy feeding their young ones.

It is going to be fun but quite tough to keep the bird house protected from vicious eyes of the crows.