If you've spent the time making your yard more attractive to birds, it's likely you've got a couple of nests. But sometimes ...

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This is the unusual moment a family of birds make their nest in an ashtray. One of the baby birds can be seen emerging from a hole in the box. The moment was caught on camera by Katie Haywood-Farmer ...

All it took were more gray hairs and bald eagles to help me realize that it's OK to slow down and literally watch the world fly by.

But the birds…now, that’s a fascinating topic! We are awaiting the arrival of baby bluebirds. Mom and Dad Bluebird have made a home in a wooden birdhouse that is just outside our kitchen window.

Be sure to wear gloves and face protection. If the nest box is particularly messy, you can clean it with soap and water, or a diluted solution (10-to-1) of bleach and water.

By the time you read this, they will have fledged their nest. How many baby bluebirds did you count? I counted five. Receive Daily Headlines FREESign up today!

Just hatched baby finches. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum A few days later when I checked on the nest, I discovered it contained five eggs – four white eggs and one brownish dappled egg.

Baby cardinals and hooded warblers may be ready to leave the nest and attempt to fly only nine days after hatching. For bluebirds and brown-headed nuthatches, it may take 16-21 days.

My housing development produced hundreds of baby bluebirds over the past 32 summers, but as life got busier, I found I just didn’t have time to maintain the needed open areas for bluebirds.