One of the last things my father and I did together, was build the bird house. I have had the same pair every year since...(and all of their youngins! :-) Most years now, I have at least 8 “regulars” to the bird bath
Got a whole bunch of new bids this spring. Goldfinches, House Finches, Cowbirds and Warblers. And I AND I got Mockingbirds to come to the feeders too luring them with raisins using my super secret trick!
Birds are more monogamous and more family-oriented than many humans are. I always enjoyed seeing the geese and ducks return to my ponds on the Farm, every spring. The thousands of nesting-bird pairs in the tree-growing fields were amazing.
When I found an active nest, I’d tag the tree with my name *sold* and the customers would just have to wait until the nesting was completed, young ones flew away and the tree(s) became available again. Or choose another ‘empty’, available tree. Most people understood after seeing the babies in the nest. The few who didn’t got their walking papers from me.