So turns out a bird has decided to use the choppings from my flowers and plants that did not survive the winter as nesting, and they decided the front door wreath was the best spot. There are eggs in it which I think are recent because the first time I noticed the nest it was empty, so I’m hoping I get to see baby birds. Problem is, it’s at my front door, and I don’t have another entrance/exit. Any suggestions? Is it safe enough for it to be there?

This is in WA and I believe are finches of some sort?

  • Evil_ShrubberyEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Lol, they made a nest in a tree, just like they were taught in bird school. At least it doesn’t have rgb lighting.

    But yeah, do you have a place near by to rehang the whole thing (carefully, might be a two person job, or nest in need of some structural reinforcements)?

    If you have a window near by (that isn’t next to something that is very bright/flashing at night like a TV) you can move them there, set up a camera to spy on them. It’s like 6 weeks of your life, but the memory stays with you. Birbs are cool.

    Parents might even be ok with the door moving, but once the kids grow up enough they might panic just on your approach next to/above them (unless you basically raise them). It’s your entrance, you might be carrying stuff, maybe use the door at night, with other people, etc.

    … otherwise (not that you suggested), if there really wouldn’t be any other way on your part (og you don’t wanna clean poop for a few weeks), I would reluctantly inform you that getting rid of the eggs (& nest) now is economically less damaging to the nesting pair than at any point later (laying eggs isn’t that taxing in terms of resources compared to raising chicks, they can have a new, prob shittier/rushed, nest & eggs in a few days so they wouldn’t even miss the relative abundance of early invertebrate flood source). And I said ‘economically’ bcs birds (well, at the very least animals) have emotions too, and you can understand how eggs factor into this.
    Depending on your situation things like neighbours, building rules/bylaws, or even HOA might be sources of bullshittery (but it’s just a few weeks).