For the past three months we’ve had a pair of Say’s phoebes nesting a foot from our front door, on a two-inch ledge above our dining room windows. We don’t use that door much in the warm part of the year anyway, and with the mesquite gone, along with its shade and transpired water, we will likely use the door even less, at least in summer. So having a wildlife maternity ward in operation doesn’t cramp our style much.
As a friend of mine likes to tsay, Earth is a hard teacher. I can't resist writing Lucy Way Say. tee hee