my watering . . . birdhouse?

In the same way as our looking at a small pole barn and seeing a home and woodshop, our latest wren thought “outside the box” in its choice of home.

Several weeks ago, one of our grandsons was watching this wee bird carrying bits of the donkeys’ hay. His daddy told him it’s building a nest, I assumed in a nearby oak tree.

Then I went out on the back porch to grab my smaller watering can off the wire shelf. And found the beginnings of a bird nest inside! I left it alone and am using a different can to water my pots of herbs now. The Bewick’s Wren doesn’t seem bothered by our comings and goings; just this morning it was on the porch as I went out to tend the beasts.