April

 March - April

Ridout brothers Sunday evening Zoom call

Funny Easter thing:https://mastodon.social/@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon/112185500613013150

Bluebird eggs. Last couple of years she did five. Overachieving I thought.

Apr. 5

Celebratory temporary FB profile picture.
Apr. 3

1st Bluebird egg. It's possible it's been there for a day or two as I keep forgetting to check.
I've been seeing two females lately and as of a couple of days ago even two males. I think we're usually down to one couple by this time of year, one male asserting dominant claim to the domain and chasing the others off.

Apr. 2

This HOUSE REPAIR section starts with stuff from other months.

Before this project I was covering two of the windows with chicken wire to prevent bird strikes. It seems to work but I'll have to reattach it after the windows are framed. My plan is to use magnets (and avoid holes) but since the frames will be covered with aluminium I needed to put something ferrous in there before the "wrapping". That was my before-breakfast project today.

Apr. 5

Shawn and his girlfriend made big progress. 
Apr. 2 - 4

An old saying comes to mind: "I love work. I could sit and watch it for hours".

Feeders relocated during construction.

Progress

April 2

The north-facing wall is pretty damaged by the chimney where the bees were getting in.

March 31, another view of the nearly finished east-facing wall (2nd story).
This picture shows the 'strut' (projecting from the side of the house near the window) which holds some bird feeders. Most of the wall is north-facing.

March 30 2022, another round of work begins. This is the wall where I think the bats were getting in.

October 2022 when Shawn and Kyle first did siding work on the south-facing wall of the house.