Remember when your backyard was just a plain grassy area? Now it's buzzing with activity! The local birds seem to have picked up your routines, and they've even made your yard their go-to spot. It's kind of sweet to be called a Snow White of the suburbs. Here are some signs to look out for if the birds have decided to make your yard a little paradise.
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Check PriceOdd Locations for Nest Building
If a robin is making a nest in your porch light or a chickadee is about to move into your mailbox, then you have some extremely valuable real estate. You may even get a tiptoe around your home to keep the nest out of their front door.
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Stay By When You Refill The Feeder
The beautiful male red cardinal won't fly away at the tiniest movement behind your kitchen as he sits upon the perch looking at you and what you might say could be impatience as he says, "Hurry up with the sunflower seeds. I have a lot to do!"
That One Woodpecker Actually Does Wait For His Peanuts!
You have a crazy alarm clock made of feathers and it starts beating on your metal gutters at 7:15 AM every morning unless breakfast is out. This little red-haird drummer knows your schedule so well that you feel bad sleeping in on the weekends because you think he would be tapping his little foot in rage.
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Treatment for the birds at your birdbath!
Watching some bathing displays, you might feel like you are watching a swim team performance. Most birds get in the water and quickly leave, but these birds put on fully fledged shows. They dip water and flair their wings and perform in ways that make the best fountain shows jealous. You might feel like you are watching a natural history documentary while enjoying the bathing displays.
Hummingbirds and where they love to go!
These little fighters have started intricate territorial conflicts over your feeder ports and engage in aerial dogfighting that would give even Top Gun pilots a run for their money. You've even started naming them after their preferred locations. "Port Side Pete" and "Starboard Sally" make your daily coffee that much more fun.
The fleglings have arrived in your yard.
A mother bird has chosen my yard as her daycare! All summer I've had the joy of watching bird daycare in action as the kids learned to crack seeds and flap their wings begging for food! The baby birds would even sit on my deck railing and beg for food! I didn't even have to pay anything for this bird kindergarten!
The Blue Jays have ended Alarm Calls.
These notorious neighborhood watch captains used to announce your every move with sharp, warning cries. Now they barely glance up when you garden beneath their favorite oak tree. You've been officially downgraded from "potential threat" to "that harmless human who provides peanuts."
They sleep on your shepherd's hooks during the day.
How do you know your backyard is the ultimate retreat? When the birds are napping in your yard! Those birds settled into a nice little rest while puffed up, and they are now resting on one leg. Even though you are trimming the hedge, the sleepy birds feel secure enough to take a nap. It is like they float off to sleep like you do when you take a nap on your grandma's couch.
Your garden is where the early risers social club meet.
All the kinds of birds visiting your yard are like they are at an bird coffee klatch! Birds are social animals and share perches and feeders like friends sitting at a counter at a diner. You have the bird version of Central Perk! And without the overpriced lattes!
