Bird’s Nest
Over the weekend, we discovered a newly created bird’s nest in the rafters of our back patio.
We have had this issue before, and we let it play out one year and let the birds use the back patio, only to have bird poop everywhere and a tough clean up afterward which stained the paint in the area of their nest.
This time, we promptly removed the bird’s nest and put a deflated beach ball up there to stop the birds from coming back and re-building in the same spot. Thankfully, there were no eggs in the nest yet, so the birds will just have to relocate this time.
What do you think – should we have let the birds live in the rafters while they had their babies this spring, or were we correct in order to remove the nest from patio and protect our personal property?
I am generally on the fence on this – if it does not hurt anything, I would tend to let the birds do their thing. However, after doing the cleanup and the long term affect it had from the last time, I felt it was right to have the birds move on. We have a few trees they can use instead, so they should use those and not my house!
Thanks for the input and conversation,
Brian
Hi my friend @brian.rrr 👋 I wish u r fine , Well you've removed the bird's nest before you lay eggs ، Otherwise it was difficult to remove it ، Other than that, it's always hard to clean the shit out of the ground ، Leaving her nest on the trees is a wonderful idea and we are on the doors of spring، good luck my dear friend @brian.rrr 👍👍😉
All the best for you 😃
Everyone here is missing the obvious thing: The bird nest was relocated before the birds got settled in, before they laid their eggs. So, really, the birds were probably a little confused but then adapted and found a new place to build their home.
What this discussion is missing is the use of a deflated beach ball stuffed into the rafters as a stopper?! What about the beach ball and its purpose in life? Wasn't it MADE to be, well, a ball at the beach? What will happen to it, come summer, when the family leaves for lazy days at the oceanfront, but the beach ball is still stuck up in the rafters, as a "No Occupancy" sign for the local birds?
That beach ball is being denied its inherent right to float through salt-flavored air, whizzing over sand and dipping into the waves crashing on the shore.
It's a sad, sad thing.
Hahaha, that was funny!
Thanks for the upvote, @brian.rrr. I appreciate it!
We had the exact same issue about 10years ago. We didn't catch it on time and we had a whole family up there chirping constantly and making an absolute mess of the deck that extended from our master bedroom. As soon as the summer was over and we could make sure they were all gone I sealed up all the possible points of entry with chicken wire. Even worse, three years ago we had a raccoon break off the Whirly Bird on our roof (Vent) and make a nest in our attic. The total devastation of the attic was so sad. They used the bathroom all over the place and destroyed a lot of the insulation. Ended up costing $400 to have them humanely removed. Then we had to replace the insulation and clean. What a disaster. I don't blame you one bit. It's not worth it.
I think that tree was used to make your house think that. Was there a tree in your house? Did you hurt the nature that birds should nest? If the answer is yes, the bird should make a nest.
I think it was the logical answer. If you're a tree, you should let it.
I congratulate you on a different point of view.
@calitoo
birds nest this is a very god tropic of you.i think it would do the same as you since that is not your habitat maybe it was what they found those birds but maybe they did not feel good there. so it is best to use the trees you have in your home. i am inspired of your post..great work sir...@brian.rrr
Hello my friend @brian.rrr I hope you're fine. Well personally I would say that it was good to remove the bird's nest and cover it with that ball because if you kept leaving them there then they would lay eggs in the nest and then they would keep growing more and more birds there and once they grew up several birds there if it was to make it more difficult to remove the nest, because there are newborn birds more that are growing, it was harder for you to remove them because they had the home completely made. In your case you took it off in time because they had not yet laid eggs so it was good that you removed it from the rafters of your backyard, so you take away the headache of having to clean the poop always. And the idea of passing the nest to a tree is perfect, because it is much better because they can also do all their needs whether they mess up or not, and there they can have their children quiet in the spring.
Friend I think it would do the same as you since that is not your habitat maybe it was what they found those birds but maybe they did not feel good there so it is best to use the trees you have in your home and for sure they will feel calmer birds and you
I think I could not have let them live there because it can bring damage to the structure of their house later it is good that they let them use their trees they will be more comfortable as you also ceo that it is not good for the birds to be there then they also fill the place with your needs
It's a good idea about the deflated ball I think it had not occurred to me but I think you did well then the birds could bother them if they had their babies in that place it is better to do it in their environment, greetings to your beautiful family @brian.rrr