Bird Vs. Deck

I am trying to clean and paint our deck.  One problem--three new baby birds have recently hatched and are residing in the bush touching the front corner of our deck.  The birds have screamed at me and have even dived at me despite my attempts to talk sweetly and rationally with them.  I will not attempt to get too close to the corner (yes--the deck will look odd) for fear of the parents abandoning the babies.

After the final deck rinse today, I took out a plate of bird seed as a peace offering.  I wonder if they will let me paint tomorrow?