Eastern Phoebe versus Ceiling fan,,, guess who won.

acutally, the broken blade was from a previous nest, and I've been looking at fans to replace this one, but havn't found just the right one. not sure how much good they do, so i could just take it down I suppose. but for now, it belongs to the Phoebe,,, for the second time this year, I waited and kept the kitties indoors for the babies to fly which they did a couple of weekends ago. I had bought wash for the siding and i had to wait for them to fly away. I wan'ted to wait another week, but mama is already building a new nest after i knocked down the empty one. SO, i squeezed in the wash between the laying of moss and such. odd nest, yes. SO the porch is looking better, although I ran out of wash, i wanted to test a small bottle, since it is supposed to be safer for critters and plants. dunno why i didn't take a picture of the wash job. I will have to finish up soon.

PS< yes the babies flew away safely, much to Silly Dilly distress, she gets mad at me when i keep her up.

GOLDFINCHES ,,, Eastern????

You really have to take a deep look, but apparently the GoldFinches have taken a liking to the birdhouse gourds I grew and painted a couple years ago. MOM and Dad are kinda shy, but I do see them feeding babies and avoiding me since they like the overhang beside the storage building. I managed a sneak picture while they were hunting bugs, I believe the babies have LEFT THE NEST the last couple days.

Its hard to get a good picture of the Parents.

BUT she/he is there hanging on the front of the gourd.

Invasion of the Phoebes

 

Please take no notice of the fan that needs painting. DO notice the bird nest mostly built with lichens and moss by what i think is an Eastern Phoebe or some sort of flycatcher. I read the description, wagging tail ,check....nest of lichen,moss in eaves or porches,check, ,,,and others. KIND of resembles a Purple Martin in person but smaller and chubbier. A bit shy, hard to get a really good picture, but not too shy to take over a ceiling fan. It should be about time for them to hatch and move on so i can blow some wasp and mosquitos off the front porch. ANYONE want to correct me if i have it wrong, PLEASE DO!!!!!

 

PS, Ramona, I hope to be home with the babies leave the nest or maybe the kitties will be elsewhere.