We have all heard what we should do “if the shoe fits”, but what if the shoe DON’T fit? Or in this case, what if the entry hole provided isn’t to your liking?
I bought this “green roof” birdhouse a few years ago on our anniversary trip to Mentone. I love picking out a plant to put on the roof every spring. I noticed that the entry hole in the front was ridiculously small, but since I bought it mostly for it’s cuteness and planting the top, I didn’t worry about it.
This spring when I walked out to survey my birdhouse and check to see if it needed new potting soil, I noticed a hole in the side wall of the birdhouse. A much bigger hole. A hole just the perfect size for a backyard bird.
At first I thought maybe there had been a knot in the wood there and it had fallen out. Upon closer inspection, I realized that something, some animal, had made this new hole.
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As spring came, and birds began to nest, I began to see a bird coming and going out of the side hole of my birdhouse. I decided not to plant anything on top, so that water would not harm any potential babies that might be inside.
I knew when I bought it, that the original hole was too small for most birds, but I didn’t realize that they would make their own entrance hole! It took me a long while to actually figure out that it is a mocking bird nesting here. They will sit on those trellises before they enter the birdhouse.
Maybe one day I’ll catch them in a photo.
I didn’t know either that they could make their own hole in a birdhouse. That’s really cool!
I had considered that they might make the original hole bigger, but not that they’d make an entirely new one! 🙂
They wanted a different side I guess. Hope you catch them in a photo soon.
So they could come and go without being seen I guess??? haha I am often too slow with my camera…
Thanks for sharing at Gardens Galore. Mockingbirds always build in my rose arbor and can be pesky! When Oreo (our cat) was living, they would swoop down at him if he walked under the arbor. Don’t we love Mentone?
I do love Mentone and hope to go again soon! It is such a beautiful place. 🙂
Interesting! I’d like to see what you can get a picture of. 🙂
I am definitely going to have to get faster with the camera! 🙂
Guess that mockingbird thought your birdhouse was right spot to have her babies and nest, smart bird. Birds can be quite determined.
We had a blue bird which came every Spring to make nest up in roof overhang on our pole shed in MT. She didn’t seem to mind we had a cat. She had made a bit of a hole in side of pole shed for her nest under over hang. We didn’t plug it up since we thought she’d be back and she was.
You have beautiful yard, do you live out in country? Looks so pretty and restful.
Love your birdhouse, rustic and beautiful.
Enjoy rest of week and weekend
Hi JaneEllen, We have had bluebirds nest every year since we moved in. And a couple of years we’ve had doves nest on the front porch. So fun to watch. 🙂
Weird! Why wouldn’t they just make the existing hole larger? Inefficient bird brains 🙂
Yeah, thats what I wondered too! Seemed strange. 🙂
When you said it was a mockingbird I instantly thought about Alabama’s very own Harper Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. I haven’t seen them but I hear woodpeckers all the time. Maybe I’m hearing mockingbirds, huh? Thank you Nikki for attending the #WednesdayAIMLinkParty. I pinned your post on Pinterest and shared it on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter.
I had not thought of that Grammy Dee! 🙂
This is so pretty! And what a wonderful surprise that the birds have made it their home.
Thanks Holly. I had no idea that they would ever actually use it! 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too!
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Thank you so much! That is exciting news. xxoo 🙂