Can you guess what this is?

If you guessed a bird cemetery, you would be right! A few weeks back, we had a really windy storm that blew quite a few baby birds out of their nests, so all the neighborhood kids spent an entire afternoon going through their yards finding and burying birds.

They buried 10 birds in all and have added the occasional dead bird since then. Each got its own brick tombstone with a name written across the top. I'm pretty sure all the decorating was done by Elena - once again, the only girl around.

I will add, for my readers who are easily grossed out by germs, that between the use of shovels and a neighbor boy with thick gloves, they all managed not to touch any of the birds with their bare hands.