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| 'Tis a perfect spot for my granddaughters! |
My backyard has a tree house, built by the previous owner, a furniture maker, using wood from our property.
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| Huge pine supports the tree house |
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| JOS guards the tree house! |
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| The balcony |
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Mossy nest, shot through the chicken wire!
S/he is building it beside the doorway. |
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My twins explore the tree house.
Felix is on the roof, Buster the branch. |
Nest location is a tricky thing. Phoebe, again, has chosen to build it in the tree house.
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Bungied chicken wire on the balcony,
see the nest mid-photo! |
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| Totally blocked the door to cats! |
Not really a good refuge, with three cats who patrol. Last year, the nest was destroyed (cat or raccoon?) before I protected it. Two little eggs eaten on the floor.
This year I am being proactive, and have blocked the doorway with an old trunk and the balcony window with chicken wire.
Phoebe can fly out over the box, or out the balcony.
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Felix sits on the steps, busted!
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| I see the parents everywhere. |
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| THis one hit the window. |
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| It flew off after a moment. |
Here he is, listen to his spring song in the video.
Here is a video of the phoebe, singing high in the tree in our backyard.
9 comments:
We have Phoebes here too. They are such pretty little birds. I hope your proactive attempts at protecting the nest are successful.
I happen to have had a Phoebe on my kitchen widow ledge two days ago. they are a very quite gentle little bird. It's the first one I've ever seen in my yard.
Very nice pictures. I love the tree house!
So nice of you to help protect the nest! Very pretty bird...and I love the tree house!
Wonderful photos! I hope that your efforts work to thwart the kitties -- our kitties would want to go after the nests too, of course :-)
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I am happy you are protecting the Phoebe's nest. great post and I loved the photos. They are pretty birds.
How cool! Nice work with the phoebe's!
How cool, you bought a place with a tree house for your grandgirls!
Beautiful bird -- a new one (virtually) for me.
what a beautiful place of birds to stay, beautiful views too :-) Dropping by from Camera Critters
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