[va-bird] Re: bird nesting on front door

["Elisabeth Hauser" <lisbeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Possible solution...can you just use the back door for a few
weeks? Another spot to guard is the spare tire well on the
back of your run-about vehicle.

Two summers in a row have found a particularly determined
pair of wrens constructing their fortress in that very place,
a weather-protected, nearly invisible nesting site. I noticed
a couple of times that a bird fluttered away when I came
around the car but, sadly, didn't discover the nest until 4 eggs
had appeared. (I wonder how many trips I took with those little
things in tow, back and forth to town, before I caught on...and
did their mom ride with me, or did she stay at home and worry?)

As best we could, we relocated the nest into a nearby bush,
but the mom and dad abandoned the clutch. So sad! Lucky
for me I found only eggs, though...if it'd been four baby birds,
I'd have had to rent a car until they took off!)

Just remember to check it daily, if you have such an external
spare-tire set...they're quick, those little birds.

Elisabeth Hauser
Franklin County


----- Original Message -----
From: <LeighTern@xxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Re: bird nesting on front door


> All,
> I have a bird nest on my front door. Last night I came home late and got
> buzzed. I have neglected to take down a Christmas wreath and now that
wreath is
> home to a bird. Species  unknown at this point. My brief look (in which I
saw
> only the head for 1 second)  this afternoon indicated either a House
Sparrow or
> House Finch.  House Finches are far more common at my place then House
> Sparrows. Eggs are a whitish color with a sort of dull greyish wash. There
are 4
> eggs.
>
> Any advice?
>
> William Leigh
> Leightern@xxxxxxx
> Winchester VA
>
>
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