First flop; Then success

Today (7-6-09) we made two nests from the grass that we have plucked and dried earlier. In the meeting held yesterday we decided to put some water and some other items to attract birds. Then we placed a chair under the mango tree to keep the nest in a branch of the tree. But we were not successful in that attempt. So we decided to keep the nest in our terrace. We found a good place to keep our nest. We put some water in the nest in a small pot for the birds. We also put three artificial eggs just for fun.  Seeing the terrace we thought we would make it our observing room. We cleaned a sofa for sitting in the room. We cleared out the logs of wood. After all the clearing up we went for a bath and lunch. When we came back we saw a crow taking away an egg from our nest!!! We know that we are not as perfect as the birds are in making nest. We are very happy that at least the crow thought the nest and eggs are real. We hope to see a bird or two in our nest very soon.