A home in a hat. Friends of ours have a great little house in Michigan that they are working on slowly (and enjoying it immensely). A recent project that they had some help with was roof repairs. One of the tradespeople left behind a cap hanging on a nail outside the back door. This spring, some birds moved in and are raising a family in the hat.
We were so enamored of this little home when we visited a few weekends ago - watching the parent(s?) dart in and out of the side of the cap, bringing nourishment back to their incredibly NOISY young.
The sound of the little ones was so sweet - completely hidden from the curious eyes of us humans, the family chirped and chattered away in their tiny, precariously balanced home, delighting us all.
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Wow! Talk about re-purposing!
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Probably those agressive, yet pretty, swallows. Swoosh...."No, I am not a mosquito."
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That is too adorable. Who needs birdfeeders when you have old baseball caps?
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It's most likely a house wren. They are known to build nests in the oddest of places, like old boots and drying laundry. Wrens are small birds with a characteristic tail flicking behavior. They are also curious and fearless guys. Do the parents look like this: http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/WrenWinter04.jpg
If not a wren, I'll bet house sparrows.
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