Description: Adventures Gardening, Cooking, and Renovating a Historic House that Would Even Scare Bob Vila
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The house finches have made their nest in the porch again, and every time we go out there we are met with a startled brown flutter of wings. If we dare to sit out there for longer than five minutes to try to enjoy the sunset or an afternoon beer, we are serenaded by angry chirruping from daddy-finch as he stares us down from his perch on the power lines over the driveway.
Bird's nest soup, anyone?
There are four babies in the nest this year; they keep mostly hidden, only popping their heads up when someone has swooped in with a snack. And to anyone who thinks that baby birds are adorable, I would just like to say: These guys look like terrible muppets, with reptilian flesh and awkward tufts of hair, living in a poop palace. It’s disgusting. But good fertilizer for the garden after they’ve left?