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A birds nest

goldensrbest — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:37:53 GMT

A bird built a nest in a very short tree i have next to patio, one of my dogs smelled it ,and would not stop bothering it ,it has 3 little eggs nin it ,i had to relocate it , i had no choice, i pray the mama will find it,i put on rubber gloves,anything else i can do ,so she finds it?

Re: A birds nest

Bird mama — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:27:52 GMT

I don't know @goldensrbest Just so you know, birds don't have a strong sense of smell. I had an experience in 2005 where a sparrows nest blew out of a tree and landed on my patio. Nest looked empty. I put it in a plastic bag and set it on top of a container in my garage. Bag acted like an incubator and 24 hours later 3 sparrows hatched. We secured the nest in the tree and no one came. A predator got one of the babies and I entered the world of birds.

My husband and I took a shot at handraising the sparrows out of the egg. The birds imprinted on us. Peewee my female lived 9 years. Her brother Poppi almost lived to the age of 13. I lost him last year about 6 weeks before his 13th birthday.

I don't know if the bird will recognize the nest once you move it.

Re: A birds nest

fthunt — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:00:11 GMT

You can cross your fingers and pray but............usually wild life will abandon what ever has been messed with. That's just life.

Re: A birds nest

SilleeMee — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:07:18 GMT

She will probably find another place to build another nest. I think the one you moved is hopeless, but it was probably not a good place for it anyway.

Wow @Bird mama !

Re: A birds nest

Spacrazy — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:16:26 GMT

Oh, birdmama, I loved your story so much — made my day !

Re: A birds nest

KingstonsMom — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:16:28 GMT

Many experts say that it is an old wives tale, that if humans touch baby wildlife, the parents will abandon it.

I rescued 2 baby bluebirds who fell out of their box during stormy, windy conditons.

I scooped them up, held them to my chest to keep the pelting rain off of them and quickly returned them to box with their siblings.

Mama bluebird returned and nurtured them until last weekend when all 5 babies fledged!

I've also had the same experience returning baby squirrels to their nest after a storm,

they weren't abandoned either.

Re: A birds nest

happycat — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:19:41 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
A bird built a nest in a very short tree i have next to patio, one of my dogs smelled it ,and would not stop bothering it ,it has 3 little eggs nin it ,i had to relocate it , i had no choice, i pray the mama will find it,i put on rubber gloves,anything else i can do ,so she finds it?

Sometimes it seems like there is no easy answer, @goldensrbest . Last week I found a little nest in a huge flower pot on my front porch. As the week went on, it ended up having 4 eggs in it. This morning the momma is sitting on it. This would all be just fine and dandy if I didn't have 2 cats. I have successfully kept one cat in and am trying to keep an eye on the front porch, to make sure my other cat doesn't bother the bird. He hasn't found the nest yet, or he isn't interested. When I have tried to keep him inside in the past, he howls and howls till I let him out.

What do we do?

Re: A birds nest

happycat — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:21:08 GMT

@Bird mama, that is amazing and so sweet! Bless you for taking care of those baby birds!

Re: A birds nest

goldensrbest — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:22:57 GMT

I knew that when they hatched ,if they did my dog would kill them ,chances are,i had to move them,it was in a 3ft tree,if that tall, I will keep checking the nest.

Re: A birds nest

KingstonsMom — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:34:01 GMT

@goldensrbest

You did the right thing to relocate the nest, as long as it is in the same general area, Mama will find them based on pure instinct.

Don't worry!

Re: A birds nest

mousiegirl — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:34:35 GMT

Once there was a hanging basket in my previous garden with a nest in it. I had several cats in addition to a feral who was outside a lot. I thought the nest was fine. I had a party over the weekend, and afterward, moved a table under the basket, what was I thinking. Sure enough, very soon I saw the feral cat pull the basket toward him, so I ran outside, too late. The mom was dead and the eggs crushed. I brought the mom inside in a towel and sobbed and sobbed, felt so guilty for my stupidity.

I rescued a baby Dove from a hanging basket one evening as I heard and noticed a scrub jay going after the nest. It got one baby, but I put the other baby in a picnic basket with nesting materials next to my grow lights to keep it warm, and the next day took it to Wildlife Rescue.

Re: A birds nest

SilleeMee — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:40:39 GMT

One year a robin built her nest in one corner of my deck, a place easily accessed by my golden. While she was building her nest, my sweet golden would just sit peacefully and watch her. Neither bird nor dog seemed to be bothered by each other's presence. Then when the five baby birds hatched, me and my sweet golden were very excited! Every morning when I let her out, she would go over to the nest to check things out...just a quick sniff then she'd go. It was that way until the robins flew away. I'd like to think that the mama robin felt protected by my golden from the cats and squirrels around my yard. I've heard that birds are more likely to build nests close to where dogs live so they might be more protected that way.

Re: A birds nest

KingstonsMom — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:44:11 GMT

@happycat

When Mama isn't in the nest, relocate it to a higher nearby tree or shrub.

Once the babies hatch the cats will surely hear them and find them and.....do what cats do.

Relocating the nest is the only way to save them.

Re: A birds nest

glb613 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:53:28 GMT

@Bird mama wrote:
I don't know @goldensrbest Just so you know, birds don't have a strong sense of smell. I had an experience in 2005 where a sparrows nest blew out of a tree and landed on my patio. Nest looked empty. I put it in a plastic bag and set it on top of a container in my garage. Bag acted like an incubator and 24 hours later 3 sparrows hatched. We secured the nest in the tree and no one came. A predator got one of the babies and I entered the world of birds.

My husband and I took a shot at handraising the sparrows out of the egg. The birds imprinted on us. Peewee my female lived 9 years. Her brother Poppi almost lived to the age of 13. I lost him last year about 6 weeks before his 13th birthday.

I don't know if the bird will recognize the nest once you move it.

Why didn't you restrain or leash your dog for the few weeks it takes for the babies to hatch and leave the nest?

Re: A birds nest

goldensrbest — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:39:55 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
One year a robin built her nest in one corner of my deck, a place easily accessed by my golden. While she was building her nest, my sweet golden would just sit peacefully and watch her. Neither bird nor dog seemed to be bothered by each other's presence. Then when the five baby birds hatched, me and my sweet golden were very excited! Every morning when I let her out, she would go over to the nest to check things out...just a quick sniff then she'd go. It was that way until the robins flew away. I'd like to think that the mama robin felt protected by my golden from the cats and squirrels around my yard. I've heard that birds are more likely to build nests close to where dogs live so they might be more protected that way.

NOT with my little red golden,cambridge,she was breed to duck hunt.

Re: A birds nest

Marp — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 20:32:34 GMT

@glb613 wrote:
@Bird mama wrote:
I don't know @goldensrbest Just so you know, birds don't have a strong sense of smell. I had an experience in 2005 where a sparrows nest blew out of a tree and landed on my patio. Nest looked empty. I put it in a plastic bag and set it on top of a container in my garage. Bag acted like an incubator and 24 hours later 3 sparrows hatched. We secured the nest in the tree and no one came. A predator got one of the babies and I entered the world of birds.

My husband and I took a shot at handraising the sparrows out of the egg. The birds imprinted on us. Peewee my female lived 9 years. Her brother Poppi almost lived to the age of 13. I lost him last year about 6 weeks before his 13th birthday.

I don't know if the bird will recognize the nest once you move it.
Why didn't you restrain or leash your dog for the few weeks it takes for the babies to hatch and leave the nest?

@glb613, I hope your reply was intended for the OP and not @Bird mama . Birdmama mentioned a predator, the OP was the one that didn't/could't control her dog.

Re: A birds nest

goldensrbest — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 21:35:45 GMT

@glb613 wrote:
@Bird mama wrote:
I don't know @goldensrbest Just so you know, birds don't have a strong sense of smell. I had an experience in 2005 where a sparrows nest blew out of a tree and landed on my patio. Nest looked empty. I put it in a plastic bag and set it on top of a container in my garage. Bag acted like an incubator and 24 hours later 3 sparrows hatched. We secured the nest in the tree and no one came. A predator got one of the babies and I entered the world of birds.

My husband and I took a shot at handraising the sparrows out of the egg. The birds imprinted on us. Peewee my female lived 9 years. Her brother Poppi almost lived to the age of 13. I lost him last year about 6 weeks before his 13th birthday.

I don't know if the bird will recognize the nest once you move it.
Why didn't you restrain or leash your dog for the few weeks it takes for the babies to hatch and leave the nest?

Be cause this is the area my dogs play, they come first.

Re: A birds nest

MyShadowLove — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:54:04 GMT

@goldensrbest ...How far away from the original nesting area did you move the nest?...If it isn't too far, I think there is a good possibility that the mama will return to it.

Be sure to let us know if the mama does return.

I had a nest in a hanging plant by our front door one year...I was actually able to still water the plant very carefully around the nest and the mama always came back...She would fly to a nearby tree and keep a very close eye on me while chirping away...The eggs hatched and we had a wonderful view from our front bay window and were able to watch closely when they were fed and as they grew!...Finally, early one morning when we checked, they all were gone...It had been time for them to fly off and I have heard that it usually takes place in the early morning hours...I have witnessed, at other times, neighboring birds joining in with the mama & papa birds to help encourage the babies to take flight!...It is all so precious and such a beautiful sight!