In the middle of my back yard, where that massive New Years storm blew down 3 trees several years ago, there is a new open space, just looking for something to move in.
The Salmonberries saw the opportunity, and moved fast. There used to be
about 6 smallish bushes, spread around the edges of the back 40. Now that the space has opened to the sunlight, there must be 20 - 30 of those suckers! And they're 7-8 feet tall now.
I cut them back in the spring, to about 3-4 feet, hoping to clear a space around the tree stumps left from the blow downs.
"That would make a great bird bath" I thought.
"There's room on that taller stump for a bird house, next to the bath."
"What more could a bird family need?"
So I asked my hard working hubby to build me a bird house. We had 2 wooden pallets left over from the concrete stepping stones that had been off loaded onto the front drive. There was lots of wood in those pallets, & making a bird house would be better use of it than dumping them for fire wood.
The sawing and hammering started in the garage. Designs were drawn on shingles, and cardboard. The sound of drilling drowned out the crows in the back yard. Then, requests for picking paint colours came across my desk.
The final product was nailed into its place of honour on the large stump 2 weeks ago.
No, we will not be hanging out a "$2.50 a night" sign. This is a better neighbourhood than that!
The condo complex looks lovely! I wonder if you'll get takers, though - we have a bird house for chickadees but so far no takers. There are vs web pages on what makes a bird house attractive - to the birds. One thing they do say is no little pegs sticking out - nothing that makes it easy for other critters to get in and steal eggs or babies. And the positioning of the bird house, and the size and shape of the hole are critical depending what you want to attract. I wouldn't worry in this case - you are attracting humans a whole lot!!
ReplyDeleteHaa ha, I love the bird house/hotel!
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