Bird in hand is worth two in drawer or gazebo

Now that the birds in Deerfield have stopped trying to peck their way into our houses, they are content to merely wreak havoc on the porch.

Photo at right is the handiwork of a wren that is determined to build a nest in the drawer of a lamp table on the front porch. She goes in through the handle. If we put the drawer in backwards, she just goes in the back door. We have cleaned her out at least three times. Bottom photo is an interloper in the top of Neighbor Larry's gazebo.

Spring is certainly for the birds.

Feeding time

We'll take a day off from woodshed construction to see more Deerfield wildlife.

Neighbor Larry submitted this photo of a quartet of baby birds that has taken up residence on a porch post near his front door. Larry put nail spikes around his porch soffit to keep birds from nesting, but it didn't stop this clan. Their nest is built on top of the nails, so Larry gave them a little Styrofoam for a cushion.

We don't know what kind of birds we have here, just that they're hungry.