Oh, Dear - Need Bird Nest Help STAT!

[$tevie]

Black wrote:
This thread represents a new low in collective reading comprehension . . .

:agree:

[$tevie]

PeterB wrote:
graylocks, that looks like a reasonable solution. I guess you might put some fencing or something around the base, so as to discourage a predator. If this IS a prank, it's in awfully poor taste.

Handy site: http://www.sialis.org/nests.htm ... I'm curious what species this is, I'm thinking Starling but it's hard to tell from the photos... I suppose you could also set up a webcam and find out!

I was thinking Robin: mostly because the egg is blue but also because I know that Robins have voluntarily built nests on porches. Usually not that exposed of course, but it indicates they aren't as paranoid about being close to humans as we might expect.

[PeterB]

$tevie wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
graylocks, that looks like a reasonable solution. I guess you might put some fencing or something around the base, so as to discourage a predator. If this IS a prank, it's in awfully poor taste.

Handy site: http://www.sialis.org/nests.htm ... I'm curious what species this is, I'm thinking Starling but it's hard to tell from the photos... I suppose you could also set up a webcam and find out!

I was thinking Robin: mostly because the egg is blue but also because I know that Robins have voluntarily built nests on porches. Usually not that exposed of course, but it indicates they aren't as paranoid about being close to humans as we might expect.
Yep I was thinking Robin too, but I guess it also depends on where graylocks lives, and I would have thought that Starlings are more common?

[Wags]

Looks like it could be robin's egg.

[jdc]

I just had that sorta same thing happen to me.

Cut down some 25 foot bushes in the side yard, laying them down in the driveway so I could cut them smaller. one of the last ones had a nest in it, pretty small, but well built.

Showed it to the kids and said "hey look, an empty nest" -- they thought it was cool, youngest one is going to take it to show and tell.

They went inside and I started cutting through the pile and sweeping up the leaves -- got near the bottom and noticed a couple of yellow runny stains on the concrete -- ugh -- the eggs must have fallen out and broke when I laid the branch on its side.

Felt kinda crappy.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

graylocks wrote:
[quote=testcase]
How protected or exposed is your porch? Are there cats roaming free in the area? MartyStickle offered a simple solution.

i've not seen cats in the area for a long time. baby rabbits, chipmunks, and squirrels abound.

i could possible put it in a shrub i haven't trimmed yet but then i'm really concerned the mom won't find it.
Rats can reach it it a shrub.

[graylocks]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=graylocks]
[quote=testcase]
How protected or exposed is your porch? Are there cats roaming free in the area? MartyStickle offered a simple solution.

i've not seen cats in the area for a long time. baby rabbits, chipmunks, and squirrels abound.

i could possible put it in a shrub i haven't trimmed yet but then i'm really concerned the mom won't find it.
Rats can reach it it a shrub.
i beg your pardon, sir! this is Georgia, not New York - though we do have plenty of snakes.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Wags wrote:
Looks like it could be robin's egg.

Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin layed an egg...

[kap]

graylocks wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
[quote=graylocks]
[quote=testcase]
How protected or exposed is your porch? Are there cats roaming free in the area? MartyStickle offered a simple solution.

i've not seen cats in the area for a long time. baby rabbits, chipmunks, and squirrels abound.

i could possible put it in a shrub i haven't trimmed yet but then i'm really concerned the mom won't find it.
Rats can reach it it a shrub.
i beg your pardon, sir! this is Georgia, not New York - though we do have plenty of snakes.
Rats?!! What happened the legendary NYC Alligator?

[MacDoxy]

you might want to encircle it with something like chickenwire or whatever
dont feel bad if it doesnt work out