Removing a bird's nest (grass, cats, trees, concrete)

[fjtee]

Hi. We determined it is a dove and her baby has hatched. So, two sets of eyes often stare down at us. Since the baby hatched, I gave up on the idea of moving it. I've blocked my babies from that area - my kids are 1 and 3, thus not so wise in the ways of avoiding bird poop. Hopefully, the baby bird will learn to fly soon and then I'll have to figure out how to make that whole area as unfriendly to birds as possible. Really, the side of the house is much nicer.

[RDSLOTS]

Originally Posted by hc7612

It is actually illegal. Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, it is illegal to disturb an active bird nest.(The exception being house sparrows). So it looks as if you might have to put up with birds for the next 4 weeks. By then the babies will have fledged. I can understand the inconvienence, as we have a female Robin who has decided that the wreath on our front door, was a nice spot to build her nest. She now has 2 eggs, so we are in it for the duration. And on a side note our house is on the market. Along with the sign to remove your shoes are appy shoe covers, I now will have to add a sign, please mind the nest! LOL.

I opened the front door the other day to go get the mail from the mail box, and had 'yard debris' all over the porch next to the front door, and I found myself wondering 'what-in-the-world'? I suspected birds had been trying to build a nest, or had built one, but never could find it.

Today, my husband and I were working in the yard and I asked him to be sure to use the blower on the front porch for me. He pointed out the beautiful little, tightly wrapped nest ON TOP of the wreath on the door.

I hadn't been able to find it for looking for it!

I'm hoping it's the little rose finches.

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by RDSLOTS

I opened the front door the other day to go get the mail from the mail box, and had 'yard debris' all over the porch next to the front door, and I found myself wondering 'what-in-the-world'? I suspected birds had been trying to build a nest, or had built one, but never could find it.

Today, my husband and I were working in the yard and I asked him to be sure to use the blower on the front porch for me. He pointed out the beautiful little, tightly wrapped nest ON TOP of the wreath on the door.

I hadn't been able to find it for looking for it!

I'm hoping it's the little rose finches.

Or possibly a Carolina Wren, they seem to like finding the most unusual places to build a nest.

[hc7612]

Originally Posted by fjtee

Hi. We determined it is a dove and her baby has hatched. So, two sets of eyes often stare down at us. Since the baby hatched, I gave up on the idea of moving it. I've blocked my babies from that area - my kids are 1 and 3, thus not so wise in the ways of avoiding bird poop. Hopefully, the baby bird will learn to fly soon and then I'll have to figure out how to make that whole area as unfriendly to birds as possible. Really, the side of the house is much nicer.

I am glad to hear that the baby has hatched. It should probably fledge in the next 2 weeks or so. Then I would remove the nest and like you said possibly figure out a way to block off the area if you do not want her rebuilding there again. They do build in some unusual places. She must have felt that she had a good thing going on at your house!

[hc7612]

Originally Posted by RDSLOTS

I opened the front door the other day to go get the mail from the mail box, and had 'yard debris' all over the porch next to the front door, and I found myself wondering 'what-in-the-world'? I suspected birds had been trying to build a nest, or had built one, but never could find it.

Today, my husband and I were working in the yard and I asked him to be sure to use the blower on the front porch for me. He pointed out the beautiful little, tightly wrapped nest ON TOP of the wreath on the door.

I hadn't been able to find it for looking for it!

I'm hoping it's the little rose finches.

Keep us posted on what hatches! My mother Robin has 3 eggs that she has now started incubating. So we should have babies in about 2 weeks. The funny thing is that our Realtor wants to do an open house May 18th. I might put it off due to the birds being on the wreath. I do not want them disturbed with people opening and closing the front door. I know I am nuts!

[tet tea]

I see it as one great learning/educational experience, especially for your three year old. When my son was that age he was fascinated by the birds on the feeder (still is).

We have a nest under our deck that we can see from a basement window. I was really hoping that a bird would take up home there again. Not so lucky.

[Pamfladger]

I have a 10 year old red maple tree in my back yard. It is near my deck. Robins have built a nest in the tree and one swppoed down near me on Saturday. How long does it take for the eggs to hatch? Will they eventually leave? I don't want to get pecked!! Will they eventually go away? I want to water my petunia's that I've planted under this tree. Help!!

Thanks.

[tet tea]

Robin's eggs usually take about two weeks or so to hatch. Then there's another two weeks or so before the little guys leave the nest.

Well we got lucky. A robin has taken up residence in the empty nest under the deck. We've also got finches nesting in the Arbovitae that we planted not so long ago. Starlings have built a nest inside the bend of the downspout. I think they might be on the move since we had some good rain come through. I want to check but am scared of disturbing them if they are still there.

[hc7612]

Originally Posted by tet tea

Robin's eggs usually take about two weeks or so to hatch. Then there's another two weeks or so before the little guys leave the nest.

Well we got lucky. A robin has taken up residence in the empty nest under the deck. We've also got finches nesting in the Arbovitae that we planted not so long ago. Starlings have built a nest inside the bend of the downspout. I think they might be on the move since we had some good rain come through. I want to check but am scared of disturbing them if they are still there.

Cute! You are lucky to have finches also. Our robin babies have fledged today. So I officially have my front door back! I wouldn't worry about disturbing the Starlings, they are not a protected bird, and do a lot of damage to our native song birds. So if they are in your downspout, you can evict them.

[fjtee]

Glad to hear you got your front door back. My baby birds fledged a long time ago. The mother bird tried to rebuild, but we were able to shoo her away. My husband keeps promising to put netting over the vine that covers the pergola, but hasn't. Meanwhile, my toddler keeps a vigilant eye out for any birds that might try to move in. I did discover one good thing about all of the birds. Our neighbor's cherry tree seems to be picked pretty clean by those birds, so I haven't had too much yard clean-up to do.