Nesting In All the Wrong Places
This comes as a little reminder that as you move about getting your lawns and gardens ready for summer, you may find a visitor or two who are living in some strange places.
The robin’s nest you see here was found in a dock that was on solid ground all winter. It’s huge! And those eggs are gorgeous! My husband and the man who works with him moved it to a VERY nearby tree. Why didn’t the robin use that instead?! I am sure the dock provided some safer living. The female robin came back quickly and tended to her nest and eggs right away. So it seems she is happy with the new arrangement.
Be very careful if you have to do this and make sure the nest is moved close to where it came from – but better yet, let it remain. A few pieces of grass falling on your head when you enter your door won’t hurt you – think of the birds! This nest however was going to go float in Nantucket Harbor – not at all ideal for the robin or her soon-to-be-hatched young so this alternative was much better.
JNLF
P.S. And she continued to sit on her nest until hatched!
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