How neat! I wouldn't want the Mocking bird near...they can get pretty darned mean. So that's what they mean by Robin's egg blue; very pretty.

I haven't seen if my Acoma you gave me is coming up yet...will check it today.

Don't look yet glenda. lol It's too early. Even my mature crape myrtles don't have any new growth yet. It amazes me how they can leaf out so late and yet bloom for so long but they do. A young crape myrtle is more likely to die back like a perennial, so yours may not start leafing out until late May/early June. Don't give up on it though. Next year it will have less dieback or maybe none. They get tougher as they age.

I've had mama mockingbirds dive bomb me. I stay away. I guess they couldn't actually hurt a person but they act like they would try. The honeysuckle, where the mockingbird nest is, is growing on the fence where our dogs are kept, so it will be interesting to see how quickly the dogs learn to avoid that side of the yard when the babies hatch out. I think the mama mockingbird will keep them far away.

All four of the nests I mentioned are now eggless. The cardinal nest and the robin's nest in the photo were completly destroyed.
Swmogardens - I hope you're having better luck with your duck eggs.

Sorry Christie. Mommas will try again.

For me, I think it would be easier if I didn't even see the nests. They just become something else that worries me.

The little wrens have returned; they were gone for a couple of days....that worried me! They are now adding soft things to line the nest. Other birds are checking out the gourd....that worries me!

I just read that wrens are very vicious and will attack other birds, even destroying their eggs and killing their young. Egads! They are such tiny little things.

We saw one about 15 inches from the oriole in a faceoff. The wren was squatted down low with head down and beak open in a very fierce stance. The larger oriole flew off. I guess it got too close to the gourd.