Look who moved in…

It only took them one week to build a home and move in – right on my porch!  You know, the porch I was looking forward to using after I buy a couple of chairs and a table.  I was in Dallas last week enjoying a wonderful visit with my son and his family (next post) and these two little birds took advantage of my absence to move in!  As I sit at my desk beside the sliding glass door leading to the porch, they are not intimidated at all.

I’m not sure what type of birds these are (maybe finches?) but the male is definitely colorful.  I haven’t ventured to the nest yet to see if there are eggs in it.  Anyone recognize these little critters?

I’ll be patient for a little while, but I really want to use my porch, guys!

Mr. Colorful with his dowdy wife.  Paying their rent with lots of song…

They should be in the construction business…they built this home in one week. 

Unfortunately, it’s on my porch!

3 Comments

  • Carole Perkins

    We had problems with finches building their homes on the corners of our porch. What a mess! We had just had the porch painted last year and I was NOT going to let them ruin the new paint job with their poop! We bought 2 15in. tall plastic owls and hung one on either end of the porch, when the birds returned last spring. The birds vacated the area and have not been back! I felt a bit mean doing it, but figured there were lots of other places they could go and build their nests.

    • Dianne

      Dowdy Mama Bird is sitting on the nest and singing her heart out at the moment, so I guess it’s a little late to bring out the owls! I’ll remember that for next year. Hopefully, I can get the nest down after the young fledglings fly the coop! 😉 Then, I need to get some chairs, a table and some flowers!

  • Louise C.

    Those are BEAUTIFUL House finches!! You are soooo fortunate to have them!
    We have lots of the Gold finches – and just a couple of House finches once in a while.
    Our most precious birds we get at our feeders are Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Blue Bunting,
    then we also will get a Red capped sparrow family that is pretty neat too!. We love
    to hear the birds sing, they make it just like an aviary all around the house. Chas says
    we have several Blue birds making nests already too.

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