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[mousiegirl]

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.

[SilleeMee]

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.

[KingstonsMom]

@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.

[glb613]

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@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.

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

[goldensrbest]

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@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.

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

[Marp]

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@glb613 wrote:

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@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.

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

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@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.

[goldensrbest]

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@glb613 wrote:

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@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.

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

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

[MyShadowLove]

@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!