guard bird

Last summer we had a bird build a nest above the light by our front door. I was annoyed by how ghetto it looked and asked Chad to please clean it off. He then proceeded to convince me that it would be fun for Aimee to be able to see the bird so often because it would be perched there so regularly. He was right. Plus we got to witness the live cycle of birds a couple of times. We had two or maybe even three (I don't remember exactly) different mother birds occupy the nest. As an added bonus, we also got a wildlife security system. Every time anyone came to our door they were dive bombed! It was hilarious! We actually had a few neighbors that refused to even come to our walk way for the summer. Of course, we were also dive bombed every time we came or went, but we didn't mind, and Aimee loved it! One time we were holding open the screen door to unlock the front door when the swooping started. Sadly, the bird smashed right into the glass. It flew to the fence across the sidewalk, and sat there sort of heaving for about twenty minutes before it finally left. As far as we ever knew it survived. The baby birdies still seemed to get fed and eventually flew away. As of about a week or so ago, we have a new resident in the nest. Aimee is already loving it, and maybe we will get Porter into the action as well this summer.