Love those birds. I don't consider them bad luck, but feel blessed to be able to enjoy them. We have cardinals that nest every year in the Fire in the Bush out our bedroom window; Eastern Bluebirds that raise in the bluebird house outside the livingroom window; Flycachers build nests and raise young on the top of the patio light. Right now we are watching and waiting to see the young from a Goldeneyed duck come out and down from a nest in a cavity of the tree about 30 feet from the front porch.