It is a little know fact that the birds have been conspiring behind our backyards. They have had enough of these cracker box birdhouses made with unfinished plywood and old nails. But no more - they are moving up in the world. They will not settle for anything less than colorful chalets, lovely two story apartments, and they must have Yard Art on their balconies - planters, flowers... who knows where it will stop. All I can say is - if you want any feathered friends in your yard you're going to have to offer more than a simple roof over their little heads. And don't even look inside these homes - they come complete with Feng Shui!
Oh, and ... take the Christmas stuff down for goodness sakes - how embarrassing.
P.S. I heard that the geese have started their own rebellion - more on that later.
Please click on picture to enlarge... it is worth it for the birdhouse display
Score
- Little frogger cabin of love complete with 8 happy frogs and one unhappy frog with a glandular problem: 9 points + 1 point ill proportion bonus
- Cart-O-fake-flowers: 1 point
- 2 snowmen: 2 points + 4 points holiday bonus
- Tractor on a directional stick: 1 point
- Penguin: 1 points + 2 points holiday bonus
- Double set of Christmas lights: 2 points + 4 points holiday bonus
- Woodpecker (disdains fancy little houses): 1 point
- Embarrassed to still be up snowman: 1 point + 2 points holiday bonus
- Dangly wind chime: 1 point
- Doe and fawn: 2 points
- 16 ornamental birdhouses complete with gardens and little tiny yard art: 16 points
Creativity Bonus
For an exceptional use of pine tree stumps and for the vast collection of cutsy birdhouses: 3 points
Total: 53 points
Matt's theory intrigues me and what I notice about the community is the cute factor... now what reminds you of cute....cute but secretive... cute but no-so-cute... used to be cute and now terrifying.
You got it ... DOLLS, dolls are in collusion with birds. First step is overly sweet avain abodes next:
AHHHHH!
You have been warned.
All that and I bet the guy isn't even in the migratory flight path of any birds. Sad really.
ReplyDeleteI had a dream that we drove past a yard with life sized barbies and I really wanted to get a photo for this blog. That tells you how much I think about getting a score like this! Matt rocks. It could also be a deep-seated fear of Barbies.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great how they make some birdhouses shaped like churches? I always suspected that birds needed some shaping up.
Laura, I'm not sure the guy even likes birds.
ReplyDeleteRosey, a year full of life-size Barbies would be a significant find. Perhaps you are foreseeing the future...
Some birds are born bad and need a little churching. Like those cowbirds... I mean really, is that necessary?
I love the fake garland wrapped around those stumps. Gotta make it seem like a proper tree for those birds.
ReplyDeleteSuch dedication to our feathered friends! I love the birdhouse village. Matt did a great job with this find.
ReplyDeleteMarguerite, I fear the fake garland is part of the sad left over Christmas motif.
ReplyDeleteMorning Glory, it is quite a collection but looks uninhabited.
That is one festival of a bird village. I bet they could sign up for wildlife habitat status.
ReplyDeletehmmm, do you think those birdhouses are functioning? Because if they are, I need to do a recount.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of those birdhouses are being utilized? Is this high density bird housing? Maybe this is the bird version of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion...
ReplyDeleteEl Gaucho, or perhaps we are dealing with a multiple wife situation.
ReplyDeleteThose holes are probably wayyyy to small for habitation... I am going for art. The wildlife habitat I was thinking of was all the mass and greenery simulating the outdoors in the parking lot.
ReplyDeleteI never thought that I'd be praising this web-site for its educational content - but I learnt something today : it is possible to make a bird-house out of a gourd. It seems that the owners of bird village aren't aware of this yet. (If I was a little birdie I'd opt for the blue one with the belfry.)
ReplyDeleteb-a-g that is because you missed meeting Gourdo last year.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theyardartgame.com/2010/05/high-strung-with-intermittent-seeds.html
I finally figured out when the Christmas decorations come down. On Groundhog Day, if Punxsatawney Phil sees his shadow, we have six more weeks of Christmas lights to see (sorry).
ReplyDeleteomg NICE! bird houses AND icicles? awesome.
ReplyDeleteAl - too funny, because it's probably true! I suspect those horrible fat, soft, brown cricket things that infest Georgia would like to make homes in the tiny birdhouses. They definitely made me shudder when I lived in Atlanta!!!
ReplyDeleteAl, that may be a good rule of thumb. It gets surprising how long the Christmas stuff will stay up.
ReplyDeleteDiane, I light the icicles and the colored lights.
Mom L, i bet your are talking about camel crickets, those things are nasty.
Anybody seen Matt?
ReplyDeletenope, must be out taking more pictures.
ReplyDeleteCheri, Love the little numbers on the photo and the ability to blow it up even further with the magnifying glass. You are a full service blog. Carolyn
ReplyDeleteI love that they crammed everything onto a tiny strip of yard. I bet that other neighbor just loves all of that stuff.
ReplyDelete(Wrong) Holiday bonus! LOL! Do the points increase the more time has passed from the actual holiday?
ReplyDeleteLH - you were right! I had to google "camel crickets" and I'm still dry heaving. Gross! Just the image makes me want to barf. Diane had rabbits when she was a youngster and I bought bunny pallets by the 50lb bag - kept in the garage. I had to feed them when she visited a friend, and got home late. Didn't bother to turn on the garage light because I had moonlight coming in the windows - just reached in the giant bag with the scoop and screamed - instantly had nauseatingly creepy tiny feet all over my hand and arm. The bag wasn't sealed and was full of the damn things. I never really recovered.
ReplyDeletebunny pellets....
ReplyDeleteCarolyn, I can't take credit for the numbers, Matt put those on. Probably to make sure I didn't leave anything out.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Utah, yep I love it when a yard artist tries to make the most out of their little quarter acre.
Mom L, your story made my skin crawl. Spiders are my biggest animate phobia after than camel crickets...yuck yuck. I have never had one touch me. Poor thing, I know you are scarred for life.
A multiple bird-wife situation? Would the Nat Geo/Nova nature documentary be called Big Bird Love? Is that too ambiguous of a title? Would the furry crowd misinterpret the intent of the show? So many questions....
ReplyDeleteI think if you got tired of one of your wives you could just push her out when the cat was conveniently walking by.
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