I've previously had zero luck growing birdhouse gourds. They just never took off. Planted 3 from MI Gardener and I've got about 30 gourds hanging off my garden fence. I've even had to tame them a little so they won't take over my tomatoes.

All the seeds from MIGardener have an amazing 99.9% germination rate for me, and the outcome is beautiful produce for our table and pantry! Growing birdhouse gourds are fun to watch as they sprawl along my fence. I get a large number of them each time and I dry them out over the winter and make birdhouses from them in the spring.

... but I don't think the birds will mind. Easy to grow vine. I let the gourds decorate (and dry) on the mantle though the fall. Cleaned them out and painted in the spring.