Today (as on many hot summer days), we took advantage of Grammy and Grandan's status as SouthWood homeowners, and we went to take a dip in the pool. But Tyler and I weren't the only freeloaders at my parent's "Little Yellow House" this afternoon! After the pool, Ty and I stopped by to check on things and found a surprise on the front door. Can you see what it is?
Not yet?
How about now? 
That's right ... a friendly SouthWood bird had built her nest on Grammy's front door floral arrangement. And, although a similar event wreaked havoc on their door last spring (let's say it was "well decorated"), Tyler and I couldn't bring ourselves to move it.
6/15/10 Update
So ... today on the way to pick blueberries (so we had the good camera this time), we stopped by to do some more freeloading (not swimming today, instead we were washing a comforter in their washer ... it's bigger than ours) and found that the mama bird was reluctant to leave her nest. We thought it was because the eggs were getting ready to hatch ...
But when we came back by after blueberry picking, Abby accidentally scared mama bird away from the nest (she didn't mean to look big and scary!) and we saw why she was being so territorial...
Ah ... the wonders of nature. Now, let's hope this expanded bird family decides to move on to another home. Four birds living in a front door arrangement could get messy!
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