# (to music) "Make A Little Birdhouse On Your Door..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475 "2008-05-07T20:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/1 "2008-05-07T20:24:25Z")
This all started when the pneumatic slider-thingie on my outer door busted. The device that holds it open. Well, I like my ventilation, so I propped the thing open with a plastic chair I found in the dumpster. So far, so good. BUT…now I have to be careful coming and going through this door, prolly all the way through the summer, because a pair of Orange Tanagers have set up house on TOP of my door. That is to say, _balanced on the top of the door itself._ The eggs are already there, I await the chirping of little bald birds any day now. I’m not offended, by any means. Critters always coming up to me. But what is it that I keep doing that gets animals wantin’ to be around me? I don’t feed 'em. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/2 "2008-05-07T20:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] This all started when the pneumatic slider-thingie on my outer door busted. The device that holds it open. Well, I like my ventilation, so I propped the thing open with a plastic chair I found in the dumpster. So far, so good. BUT…now I have to be careful coming and going through this door, prolly all the way through the summer, because a pair of Orange Tanagers have set up house on TOP of my door. That is to say, _balanced on the top of the door itself._ The eggs are already there, I await the chirping of little bald birds any day now. I’m not offended, by any means. Critters always coming up to me. But what is it that I keep doing that gets animals wantin’ to be around me? I don’t feed 'em. 😕 [/QUOTE] Awesome! Any chance we’ll get to see some photos?? ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/3 "2008-05-07T20:47:32Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] I’m not offended, by any means. Critters always coming up to me. But what is it that I keep doing that gets animals wantin’ to be around me? I don’t feed 'em. 😕 [/QUOTE] There’s a space without something already living in it near you. And you don’t kill or threaten the critters that share your area. Thus: “Oooh!! a spot to build a nest! And the big wingless thing didn’t kill us! This is AWESOME!”, says the little birdies. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/4 "2008-05-07T21:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] Awesome! Any chance we’ll get to see some photos?? [/QUOTE] I’ll hang it opposite me. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/5 "2008-05-07T22:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] I’ll hang it opposite me. [/QUOTE] How primitive. And I’d like to see pics as well… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/6 "2008-05-07T23:17:38Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] How primitive. And I’d like to see pics as well… [/QUOTE] Only if you’re standing on a rocky shore. Sweet, silly little birds! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/7 "2008-05-08T00:04:24Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] …I’m not offended, by any means. Critters always coming up to me. But what is it that I keep doing that gets animals wantin’ to be around me? I don’t feed 'em. 😕 [/QUOTE] Well, they are your only friends. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/8 "2008-05-08T00:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, they are your only friends. Why, thank you! I’m in good company. 🙂 RE: PICS I do not have a digital camera. There are a dozen frames left on a disposable 35mm, so I’ll use those and have them put on a disc at the developing place. Then I will discover if I’ve finally learned how to use Photobucket. No pix right now; lighting has been nonexistent all day, and I don’t think my camera is going to give the best images on just a flash. It’s neat! Every…hour or two, mommy and daddy trade off guarding the nest/going for food. All right next to my window. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/9 "2008-05-08T02:01:03Z")
“(to music)” = They Might Be Giants? [_Birdhouse in Your Soul_ video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJD2N2gvqw) ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/10 "2008-05-08T02:07:51Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] “(to music)” = They Might Be Giants? [_Birdhouse in Your Soul_ video](http://www.xn--youtube-v17c.com/watch?v=6kJD2N2gvqw) [/QUOTE] As soon as I read the title of the OP, that song has been in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/11 "2008-05-08T02:18:49Z")
Uh uh, I’ve got The Carpenters song _Close to You._ Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Close to you… [QUOTE=The Them] Critters always coming up to me. But what is it that I keep doing that gets animals wantin’ to be around me? I don’t feed 'em. 😕 [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-music-make-a-little-birdhouse-on-your-door/448475/12 "2008-05-08T02:54:27Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] Why, thank you! I’m in good company. 🙂 RE: PICS I do not have a digital camera. There are a dozen frames left on a disposable 35mm, so I’ll use those and have them put on a disc at the developing place. Then I will discover if I’ve finally learned how to use Photobucket. No pix right now; lighting has been nonexistent all day, and I don’t think my camera is going to give the best images on just a flash. It’s neat! Every…hour or two, mommy and daddy trade off guarding the nest/going for food. All right next to my window. [/QUOTE] **You. Don’t. Have. A. Digital. Camera.** 😕 How is this possible?