Small twigs covered the top of a brush pile created from a large fallen tree limb (dead) and pruned bushes (still live and green). The fallen tree was placed there still covered in green leaves, all of which have dried to black.

The inner part of the brush pile was too packed with dead leaves to allow easy access for birds.

A looser packed part of the brush pile left enough gaps to allow easy access for small birds.

A rounded shoulder of tree limbs form the far right end of the brush pile.

A few still green leaves hid inside among the twigs that formed the upper part of the brush pile.

A wider view of the left end of the brush pile revealed a few gaps into which birds could fly. The few larger pieces of wood were from a broken and fallen tulip tree limb. Not the perfect brush pile, but the best we could make from a disaster.