We do not have any pets so we try to make our yard so the birds, squirrels and rabbits will spend some time. This spring, I have taken photos of two bird nests and the baby birds and mothers. Click on the photo to see a larger picture.

I wonder if the mother bird read the sign on the box. I store some of my dried cones, pods, grasses for craftwork on some shelves on our deck. I have three shelves on the deck. She had ripped open a bag of Spanish moss that we had picked up on a trip. Mother bird chose the spot next to this box marked “Bird Nest Material.” She came out of the nest and did a happy dance and lots of singing. My husband thought that her babies must not have hatched or she was upset about something. But I said, “NO! That’s a happy dance! I bet they hatched.”