Somebody's Nesting...

...but this time, it isn't me!

It's this lovely lady...

 ...who surprised us all by starting to lay eggs!

 I didn't realize a lovebird without a mate would do such a thing, but Heather showed us it's possible.  Besides the five eggs grouped together in the above picture, I believe there's another egg, too.  After the first was laid in this nest area, we found another one in a different part of her cage; and unless she was able to move it over to join the others, it's buried under these papers that she shreds (and shreds and shreds).

Heather spends most of her time sitting on the eggs and is FIERCELY protective of them.  She is also abnormally quiet.  She chirps occasionally but is nothing like the very noisy bird that used to disrupt my ability to homeschool!  I can't say that I mind.  Maybe after she's done with these eggs, we'll have to get some white marbles for her to sit on so I can hear myself think.  ;-)

She's a good little mama, that's for sure!  Too bad (for her) that nothing will come of it!