- Title: Bird family takes up residence in Christmas tree
- Date: 9th December 2016
- Summary: SAO CARLOS, SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL (DECEMBER 8, 2016) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF CHRISTMAS TREE IN LIVING ROOM VARIOUS OF ORNAMENTS ON TREE NEST IN TREE BIRD IN TREE GENERAL VIEW OF BIRD PERCHED ON TREE BRANCH RE BRAGA, OWNER OF HOME / TREE, REACHING INTO TREE TO PET BIRD BIRD IN TREE WITH BRAGA'S FINGER STROKING IT (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) RE BRAGA, OWNER OF HOME / TREE, SAYING: "It was surprising. I didn't expect anything like this. It was a pleasure to be with her [the mother of the baby birds]. I was decorating the tree and she was making the nest. We set it up and they were born and now they are getting ready to leave." MOTHER BIRD JUMPING AROUND BRANCHES AS SHE FEEDS BABY BIRD VARIOUS OF BIRD IN BRANCHES GENERAL VIEW OF TREE IN LIVING ROOM BIRDS AT TOP OF TREE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) RE BRAGA, OWNER OF HOME / TREE, SAYING: "I was there from the beginning, she was making the nest. She made the nest and I saw the eggs. There were two eggs. I didn't know for sure if they would hatch because she [the mother] spent a lot of time outside of the nest. She would come and go from one moment to the next. One day we were watching television, the door was closed and she began to make noise. We watched her with a baby in her mouth and we realized the babies were born." GENERAL VIEW OF TREE BIRDS UNDER THE TREE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) RE BRAGA, OWNER OF HOME / TREE, SAYING: "The Christmas tree symbolizes the gratitude for the birth of Jesus Christ, peace - and that is very strong, the sense of life and that is reinforced with what happened here in our house. We are all very happy." BRAGA WITH BIRD ON HER WRIST CLOSE-UP OF BIRD BIRD HOPPING ALONG DECK
- Embargoed: 24th December 2016 15:51
- Keywords: baby birds bird family nest Christmas tree
- Location: SAO CARLOS, SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
- City: SAO CARLOS, SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Reuters ID: LVA0025C5Y24J
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- Story Text: A family in southern Brazil was witness to a Christmas miracle recently when two baby birds hatched in their Christmas tree.
Deep in the tree branches of a home in Sao Paulo state, amid the ornaments, garlands and lights, a mother bird built a nest and laid two small eggs. The eggs hatched recently and now two young birds are hopping among the tree branches.
Re Braga, the home owner, said she had decorated the tree with a bird theme this year, but never expected a real bird to nest.
"It was surprising. I didn't expect anything like this. It was a pleasure to be with her [the mother of the baby birds]. I was decorating the tree and she was making the nest. We set it up and they were born and now they are getting ready to leave," she told Reuters.
She said her family leaves the doors and windows open so the birds can come and go as they please.
"I was there from the beginning, she was making the nest. She made the nest and I saw the eggs. There were two eggs. I didn't know for sure if they would hatch because she [the mother] spent a lot of time outside of the nest. She would come and go from one moment to the next. One day we were watching television, the door was closed and she began to make noise. We watched her with a baby in her mouth and we realized the babies were born," she said.
Braga added that the appearance of the bird family drives home the message of Christmas.
"The Christmas tree symbolizes the gratitude for the birth of Jesus Christ, peace - and that is very strong, the sense of life and that is reinforced with what happened here in our house. We are all very happy," she said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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