An Avian Murder Case on a Quiet Back Porch
Briefly

I open the pantry door and the eastern phoebe flies off the nest.Her cup-shaped home is made of mud, covered in moss and cantilevered over a glass light fixture an avian Fallingwater.Her nest placement makes sense.Before eastern phoebes lived so close to humans, they built their nests on cliffs.Every year for 35 years, we've had an eastern phoebe nest under the eaves of our back porch.
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