Oh it's always hilarious to me, seeing one of them standing by the screen door, head stretched and sideways, peering inside to see where I'm at! Usually they're also nervously munching some new plant seedlings I keep by the door. The moment I spot them, they do their awkward run/gallop/flap and leap down the deck stairs to the safety of the back yard. They **KNOW** they're not supposed to be up on our deck. Supposedly, for the sake of our guests, it is a "no-chicken-poop" zone. LOL! Actually they are pretty good about it. It's only now and then, I find them by the door. They usually go UNDER the deck (which is pretty high up) and take dust baths, right under my back door. They also look up from their bath and talk to me, because I can see them through large metal bar plates that are inserted in our deck. Oh my, the dust that comes in our house.