Door Wreath Visitors

My neighbor’s front door wreath including a bird’s nest. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Door Wreath Visitors

The sign on the front door said “Please place packages in front of the garage door.” I was at my neighbor’s house with yet another package addressed to them and delivered to my door step by mistake.

As I picked up the box I had just placed on the door step, I saw the evidence of recent visitors. Scattered on the front door mat where twigs and dried grasses, a sure sign of bird nest building.

Signs of recent birds nest building activity at the door. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Looking at the wreath, I spotted the birds nest at the top.

I held my camera up as high as I could to see if there were any occupants.

Sure enough, the birds nest was occupied.

See the robin blue eggs in the top birds nest? Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Over the years I have had birds nesting in my outside wreaths. i now add a birds nest to my front door wreath. Some years it gets occupied, other years it is just decorative.

The wreath at my front door with its birds nest. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

I can usually find the nests around my garden in fall after the leaves have dropped. It’s fun to go looking for them and picking just the right one to add to a wreath. Some birds reuse nests so leave the ones you find and don’t use.

Adding a birds nest to a door wreath is a sweet way to personalize the wreath and recognize that song birds in the garden are sharing this earth.

Charlotte