Business Lessons From Birds

April 24, 2026

Business Lessons From Birds

Last year I gave my wife a bird feeder for her birthday(her request). Since then we’ve been watching many types of birds coming to our patio to eat. Ericka puts out fresh food in the morning and they stop in to eat throughout the day. Yesterday morning she was a little late coming downstairs. I called up to her and told her she had customers lining up for breakfast. The birds were sitting on the railing and on the feeder waiting for someone to bring them food.

It’s interesting to watch the eating habits of the different species and how they interact with each other. Surprisingly their behavior is very similar to humans. The Doves for example are pushy. Actually, they are bullies. They’re not at all like their reputations as symbols of peace. They must have a good marketing and PR team. They gather in groups and chase away all the other birds. I’m sure you can think of examples of people doing that.

The Cardinals are friendly and they will comingle with whoever happens to be there. They don’t mind sharing. The Finches are cautious. They’re very small and only come to the feeder when no one else is there. They always come in pairs by the way- male and female. Very romantic. If other birds are there eating they patiently wait in line.

The Sparrows are also aggressive like the Doves. They chase the other smaller birds away. Just when you think the Doves are going to eat all the food along comes the Blue Jay. Everyone steps out of their way. All the Doves fly away. Typical of bullies. Nobody challenges the Blue Jays. They are strong and aggressive and have a large pointed beak.

This morning I pointed out to my wife that we had some competition. Our neighbors have 2 birdfeeders. When ours is empty the birds go to the neighbor’s house. My wife went out of town this week for a couple of days. So guess what happened. I didn’t feed the birds. Our little bird restaurant went dark for a day. All the birds flew next door. That happens when the business owner steps away for a few days. Your business starts to fall apart unless you are prepared for it. Proper delegation, contingency planning, etc.

We have our little bird feeding operation. The birds come to our house and get food. They eat. They poop. And they make a mess. But we don’t care because while we provide a service to them they are providing a service to us. We are happy to clean up their mess(when I say we I mean my wife). The birds solve a problem for us. That’s how a business earns a profit. We have a problem with wasps and yellow jackets. In addition to providing us with a little pleasure watching them through our dining room window, they kill and eat the wasps and yellow jackets. Now I don’t have to be the wasp slayer. The birds get their revenue(food) from multiple sources. That means less risk of running out of revenue(food). So when one source stops for a while they don’t go out of business.

They earn their revenue by providing a wasp killing service. We don’t have to do it ourselves or pay an exterminator. Everyone is happy. We all make a profit. We plan on adding a second location by expanding our bird enterprise to the front yard. We get wasps there too and those birds have to eat. Now if we could only figure out what kind of business the rabbits that moved into the backyard are in. I know they’re up to some kind of shenanigans.

This is a typical spring in the Texas hill country.

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