Never leave the door open...

when you are watering plants that have bird's nests in them! I was putting a little water in the plant on the front porch that is housing a mama bird and 5 eggs and it startled the mama (even though I was very careful and not near the nest!) and she promptly flew into the house, via the front door I'd left standing open! She checked out the dining room and the living room and finally flew back outside. She never made a peep in the house but the instant she got outside, you could hear her sassing me for a country mile!