DONOTCHANGE If  your yard is full of bird feeders, songs, and feathered friends darting about. Are you ready to watch these same birds prepare their nests and raise their young? If so, it isn’t hard! You can now share all aspects of the birding family. Watch the courtship, nest building, laying eggs, feeding the babies, and finally watching the children leave the nest. We love watching the young Robins and Doves learn to fly uncertain short distances. Then one day they seem to amaze themselves and take off in full flight!

Different birds will also require other things. Not all birds will use the same shape, size, height, or door opening sizes. As with bird feeders, it pays to know what type of birds you wish to attract. Once a bird has noticed your birdhouse or nesting platform, things heat up. Activity increases and a nest is soon built. You may monitor the nest carefully and take pictures along the way. Just be careful and attentive to the adult birds, knocking gently on the birdhouse to allow the adult birds to leave. Then open the house for a peek or to take pictures. Carefully close the birdhouse and wait a week or so before disturbing the family again. A wonderful bird house camera is now available to monitor the nesting family continually without opening the birdhouse or disturbing the nest. These are available to be mounted inside birdhouses or near open nests and provide sound as well as video. You can watch the family nesting process from start to finish.