Bird Condo

Bear here...

Ever do something cool by accident? We have. Here is the history of our bird condo. It started in 2014 when we needed a place to temporarily put some limbs that we had trimmed from our trees. We made a pile and figured we could burn the limbs at our fire pit when we wanted to and keep the pile small enough to be rid of it by Winter. Below is a picture of our small brush pile.

We were wrong. By the time I wanted to burn the pile Theresa noticed it was full of birds. It was Fall, so no burning- we left it so the birds could have habitat over the Winter. It became our bird condo and it has been growing ever since. We both like it, so we don't try to burn it. It is good bird shelter for all seasons. Below are some pictures, see if you can count how many birds are there.

One day we noticed a young hawk waiting by the condo (below). He sat there and four birds took off from the condo and he went after them. While he was gone we saw at least three flights of birds leave the condo, each flight had at least 20 birds. When the hawk came back, everyone was gone. Who said birds weren't smart? ( Name story: We tend to name some of the wild critters we see in our yarden. Why do I call all hawks in our yarden, MaGee? I called that first hawk MaGoo after a cartoon character that couldn't see well. Theresa informed me the hawks had to be good hunters to survive the winter so I changed the name to the computer expert character (who a master at hunting information) from NCIS. Thus... Magee.)

Above is a better hawk shot at our bird feeders. We think it's cool, I am guessing the smaller birds and squirrels don't. Good thing they have a bird condo to hide in until he leaves. Some people think brush piles are ugly, we think they are cool because they bring wildlife into our yard and we get to watch it. If you'd like to see a hawk up close in your yarden, you might want to start a brush pile too.

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​Bear