The birds that made a nest by the basement door have given up on that location, and made a new nest...on a light that is at the front of the house by the porch entrance. Not exactly an improvement if it's peace and quiet they are looking for.
![new nest](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM1ojiA_GhRTMzsyRvmYKQNcFhXoHlBI0y6fGQse-ybpcUhaH7p5fznD_JMqbE42lDfVt5uteEsTJz9ZPvXMg8BDHRLqeTV1AQ3O4TV86fOD2PLwprRTQlH1h89Ph8pms-cATlUwwhCET/s400/April+2011+q+024.jpg)
I finally have a couple pictures of one of them (albeit without many pixels...I've never gotten a shot up close).
![Junco?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2sygGRKOdaLFXF81UZ1n9SEjV9hca_gniJ-I7wYamTyFv3k9Nt9-11FTOCPocuLeMerzqj0hv1KkhO8wwz5nV-xPniSuJ1hQczIa_LrizmhWN5F50KCSmyVqy2hSfPDPl_fDttnAtHmo/s400/April+2011+q+009+crop.jpg)
![Junco 2?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYlz-M2SBCgBjeiUf7f1_DKlajQvBDLLRFneEkvroX_vomtVj7KXilhkm8dsIE9nOdsSaWRT-_J3rRhS950tBHV6xTjRDVW9-qu4Y-wjcWywEXr6fMjXDalvxqUZRQqE3FbXUyabHxUC2/s400/April+2011+q+008+crop.jpg)
And here's a picture I got of the pair back on April 14 (I just now noticed that it wasn't another random tree picture, of which I have a plethora):
![2 Juncos?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3L47OgGduGOu-og3T2WdmDZKyT0s5_pI7A90N5n5hfolMSl6yXmZIumyZHezT22fL-8g84_74_eJrHGnoW01smbmiLpiKUYRSr6tOaHT6DrGX__ALzou7yA31zwVuZwcrqcYWfD5Z9u4/s400/April+2011+h+022+crop.jpg)
They look like
Dark-eyed Juncos. How they get from
usually nest in a cup-shaped depression on the ground, well hidden by vegetation or other material, although nests are sometimes found in the lower branches of a shrub or tree to mossy nests under house rafters I do not know.
I got another picture of one of the Carolina Wrens yesterday:
![Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZP8QtCV3Mbg2Hfqwl9n0mPZGzBclTIIUjkpV30Orm-LlsfidRsw1g-tNLbbKeE74pekfDo2XPT2kMtVeMYku1p-BA3euPjKpWMa7m-WgQcfCKKOH7mzu8t6ckKaFVIZlZJXbN9LpHcnK/s400/April+2011+q+019+crop.jpg)
View from the deck on April 13:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkgLp3k5MMaSqDJsUq7B_QMcgRoi2jjytV5awnRIjZTLoFN41oXspZl8n2O9lyTw6tmxUo97pkYQckay_vc-rS93-XLya5EVXhfe-Yn8SfGcODaCHF5eKDEL2XJWpwJXKpwCPWLEilBqE/s400/April+2011+g+018.jpg)
View from the deck this morning:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_fLz3mO0sz3Kld_XbkREbkjRBuLOpRk0cSbA1mgtjKT2INAimgsoMkY_STkv1fl0-tzzgESpRvaz5gRXurZt2MKMfhDQi_S0JYT6kuhcm7-Yu3FwlZYfBuRiwdZPA1XY8M3by27pEHZO/s400/April+2011+q+028.jpg)
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