We celebrate the start of Spring by cleaning the previous season’s nest(s) from our bird boxes, so this “improved” design caught our eye on a walk around the neighborhood:
Birds being the way they are, the most recent occupants surely piled more twigs & grass atop their foundation to make the level come out right. An industrious mouse might find a convenient route inside.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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That’s one slow extrusion being formed there with lots of interesting layers. My only guess on the “improved” design had to be a kit that was assembled backwards, specifically the sides and roof line. Still, I’m sure the birds won’t complain.
Only the most expensive (human) houses around here have reversed rooflines and blind notches that funnel water down the interior walls … must be a stylin’ thing!
The Resident Woodpecker family set up shop in the 5′ juniper stump that was our garden gate post. It was fun hearing the chick(s?) hatch, and the young one would stick his head up and peer at me when I went in and out of the garden. (He’s still around, chowing down on suet this time of year…)
Once they were done with the nest, the smell got pretty intense, and the punky wood wouldn’t let me hose out the hole. The cleanup operation involved a chainsaw and a new steel gatepost..
Sounds like urban renewal at its worst!
The juniper gatepost was ready to come down anyway, and the woodpeckers took advantage of the way that wood decays. It was actually a reclaimed steel fencepost, but it was a bit better than a Redneck Renovation. [grin]
Not much In-county urban renewal since ’07. Stuff done in ’05 had mixed success, but there are a lot of open storefronts and a couple of empty office complexes. The survivors have been cautious and fairly smart, while chains that planned expansion stopped. We still have the pad where Sonic Drive-in didn’t build, but Lowes bailed before submitting final plans. OTOH, Dairy Queen and Home Depot thrive.