by riafomh Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:42 pm
Okay, my bad - I added the fourth polling option. Feel free to bitch-slap me and remove it gdead, for I know such things can be insulting to people.
Sounds like you don't get many 'wildlife opportunities' if you are in an urban area - don't you want to enjoy the nature?
My parents put out some bird houses and now enjoy watching the little buggers mate, fly, fight, get eaten by cats, have babies, kick them out of the nest to fly or die, etc. They even get different species in different years. Cheap entertainment. Feed 'em, too.
You can put the bird house close to the light fixture, yet out of your way so that you can still get in and out of your front door poop-free. With all that people-traffic, you'd think the bird would prefer something a little off to the side.
Anyway, I am NO bird expert, that's for sure. I remember being a kid though and being scared to death by the numerous swallows that dive-bombed me into submission once when I took a stroll through THEIR part of the woods.