Unfortunately this bird chose the wrong location to erect her nest. There is a spot where one gutter opens out onto a metal roof and then another gutter continues beneath it. This bird thought the open mouth of the gutter tube looked like a great place to build a nest. It was sheltered from the …
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Someone Hatched
So i dont have any baby birdies in any of the dormant and unrecycled nests on my property this year. however, they continue to hatch out there in the world. Somewhere, the inhabitant of this egg is looking like a little pink alien waiting for caterpillars.
A Friend’s Fledglings
It is now April and both the nests on my property are empty and untouched. The nests are messy and lopsided and without an egg in sight. I keep thinking, maybe my birdie is just late. She comes every year and nests in those stacked garden boxes. Maybe she’s not migrated back yet. But, i …
New Tenants in the Bird Condo
I was delighted to look underneath the cardboard pieces in the stacked toybox planters and see two little eggs sitting in the nest. The birds make such frequent use of this excellently concealed and protected nesting spot that i get the nature channel all spring even though i have no tv service. She laid an …
The First Family to stay at our Little Airbnb for Birds this Year is in the Books
Well i was watching the nest as best i could. I would check every other day or so to see if the eggs had hatched but it was a very attentive bird that never strayed far enough from the nest that she couldnt see it while she was hunting for food and i didn’t want …
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Surprise!
The nest in my stacked planter boxes had been empty for some time now. The baby birds had grown up and flown away. I was curious if the mama bird would still view the nest as home or be done with it now that it had served its purpose. I occasionally lifted the cardboard to …
A Surprise in the Cardboard Bin
I have always loved birds. I think it is such a privilege to watch them hatch and raise up their babies. It happens so fast and teaching them to fly is such an exciting and nervous day. Several people i knew had swallows who returned every year to nest on their porch. They would glue …