For weeks, my husband and I used the garage door to avoid upsetting the house finch who was guarding her three eggs, then three fledglings in a nest she built on our front door wreathe.
I left town for a week on a road trip, was told by my birding friends that when the baby birds left the nest they would also leave my house and I would probably not see them again.
How wrong they were! I found two of the babies hopping around our driveway. They were not afraid of me...I could almost touch them. Here is one who was pretty much posing for me.
Unfortunately, I was to learn, house finches are not loyal like dogs. This morning I followed the mother bird (I'm not stalking her---she flew by while I was in the garden), and found that she was making a new nest in a neighbor's tree! For shame I said to her. Will the neighbors walk carefully to protect your babies? Will they chronicle their births and their first flight? I think not.
Anyway, I've got an new and unused birdhouse perched in my own tree. I'll keep an eye on it. Maybe she will realize her mistake.
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