| Humans have a natural tendency to decorate and | | | | paintbrushes and this marked the beginning of |
| make things better. We like adorning our houses with | | | | decorative bird houses. |
| all sorts of frills and ornaments. During the holiday | | | | It did not take long for the birds to figure out that |
| seasons, we put up whatever decorations are | | | | they can do so much more with their houses than |
| necessary for the current festivities. Neighbors | | | | just paint them. Soon, the whole neighborhood was |
| sometimes even compete as to the lavishness of | | | | engrossed in embellishing their decorative bird houses |
| their trimmings. | | | | with anything unique they can find. The finches added |
| It's hard to explain why people love decorating so | | | | fancy feed troughs. The sparrows added some |
| much. Some even go out of their way to look for | | | | colorful perches beneath their entryways. And not to |
| special ornaments for their homes - decorative plants, | | | | be outdone, even the ravens put up shiny new |
| decorative mugs, decorative candles, even | | | | aluminum siding to their dwelling. In no time at all, |
| decorative bird houses. | | | | decorative bird houses can be seen all throughout the |
| But what we humans do not realize is that while we | | | | area. |
| are busy scouring antique stores for decorative bird | | | | As the holidays arrive, we humans start putting up |
| houses to put up in our yards, the birds themselves | | | | lights and fancy ornaments in our house and yard. |
| are also very busy adorning their own homes. | | | | Likewise, the birds also strung blinking lights along the |
| In the beginning, there were no decorative bird | | | | sides and roofs of their decorative bird houses. Some |
| houses. All avian domiciles looked alike and were | | | | of the more adventurous critters would even tie |
| rather boring-looking. The creation of decorative bird | | | | some holly or mistletoe to their front perches to |
| houses all started with a couple of wrens who got | | | | celebrate the spirit of the season. |
| bored with their simple house. They woke up one | | | | The decorative bird houses became more and more |
| day and realized that they wanted to paint their dull | | | | elaborate as the days passed. Soon, the whole |
| wooden house a bright pink. They also painted the | | | | neighborhood resembled a miniature human village. |
| inside with a fresh coat of yellow. | | | | The birds found human dwellings quite attractive so |
| At first the neighbors just laughed at them but soon, | | | | they tried to imitate their design the best way that |
| they came to see that redoing their own houses | | | | they can. And that is how decorative bird houses |
| wasn't such a bad idea. The birds all got out their | | | | came to be. |