A year ago, when he realized the cafe wasn't making a return, Lien felt he "needed something to fill that anthropomorphizing hole in my heart."
"I would watch it all the time, just leave the window open on my computer, and whenever there was a bird that came on screen it was super exciting," Lien said, via email.
"But, like, It was just a bird feeder. But putting them in that café made their behaviour relatable, like it was a soap opera, like they were characters in this really bizarre, silent television show."