One Sunny Acre garden journal 2015

[Nyboy]

But its art, kind of has a Picasso feel to it.

 

[thistlebloom]

The birds will use it no matter the color. I think it's sweet!

 

[journey11]

Well, I'm not about to paint over her artwork. It's her birdhouse not mine. It's cute garden decor if nothing else. MIL's bluebird houses are all sky blue, and occupied, so we'll see.

 

[ninnymary]

Journey, if I painted everything to what is proper or should be, I'd be in trouble. Don't worry, that birdhouse is beautiful and artsy. Those darn birds can find somewhere else to live.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Are birds that particular? I have a bright red barn bird house that gets occupied every year. Of course it's just chickadees....maybe they didn't get the memo.

 

[Smart Red]

Don't worry about the house. It is the bluebird specific entrance hole and general shape that attracts a family. Movement attracts predators more than color or pictures. Aren't most predators color-blind? Birds, of course, are not color-blind but once something is established in their environment it is accepted and ignored. That is why I had to move my scarecrow each day. Left in the same place, it becomes a roosting spot.

 

[journey11]

We have new tenants in the birdhouse today! Not bluebirds, but a pair of chickadees.

 

[Nyboy]

Nice that should make your daughter very happy !!!

 

[thistlebloom]

Aww...see? Those chickadees know their real estate!

 

[Nyboy]

chickadees are into mid century modern, like half the country right now.