I’m really glad I take my camera with me nearly everywhere I go. One of the more opportune moments was this weekend at Home Depot. The garden section, which is sheltered but outdoors, is home to lots of little brown birdies. I found one of these little guys checking out a shiny new home/feeder:

I don’t think he’s carrying $24.99 plus tax, though! That’s okay, he and his little friends have a pretty nice place staked out for themselves even without a fancy cedar feeder (say that three times fast!).

These little birdies make their nests in the bottom of the pallets on which much of the merchandise is shipped and stored. At one point I saw three little fledgelings poking their heads out of one of the pallets… unfortunately I didn’t have the camera ready at that point.

This flock also has some readily available chow if they’re willing to put up with the nuisance of customers, one of them with a camera. I don’t think they pick the bags at all; they don’t have to with the loose seed that falls on the floor near the shelves where the bags of seed are stored.

I asked the employees in this area if the constant tweeting got on their nerves, and they said that it didn’t. In fact, they get used to the ambient tweets and don’t even hear them now. That’s just how it is around my house!