Laura

Profile

Username:: troutbend
Name:: Laura
Location:: Estes Park, CO
Birthday:: 08/01
Status:: Married
Job / Career:: Hotel - Hospitality

Stats

Post Reads:: 482,973
Posts:: 1942
Photos:: 15
Last Online:: > 30 days ago

View All 1942 »

My Friends

9 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

> 30 days ago

My Bookmarks

BrownTrout Ln Cabins
Colorado Newspapers
Troutbend Cabins

Feeds: RSS | XML

This Oughta Be Good

Home & Garden > Bird Nests

Bird Nests

This first nest was built on our extension ladder hung on the back wall of the garage.

We had to move it in order to use the ladder, and the builder moved on to another location.

Then, someone else came and built a different nest on the top of a rake that is hanging on that same garage wall.

It has one little light brown egg in it. Sorry it's blurry, I was standing on a milk crate stretching out with the camera.

We're not sure what kind of bird is going to hatch out, but time will tell.

posted on July 11, 2013 6:26 PM ()

Comments:

On top of a rake? Don't think I heard that one before...

comment by kristilyn3 on July 17, 2013 10:16 PM ()

A lot of people in town have bird nests built on top of their porch light fixtures and in their hanging flower pots.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:12 PM ()

Try placing some things out that would attract the birds instead of ladders and stuff you actually need to use. Down here they choose chimneys -- even though it's Florida, some people still like to build a fire for the cold nights we do get. One such house no longer uses their fireplace. Their chimney has had an osprey nest for some years.

comment by tealstar on July 15, 2013 8:57 AM ()

Well, we do have about a zillion trees and bushes and rock cliffs, and 30 birdhouses hung in various places - all the sort of thing you'd think the birds would like, but no, they wanted to use the top of the rake.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:09 PM ()

birds are kind of like people. They spend more time fighting over food and territory than they do getting on with life.

comment by elderjane on July 12, 2013 5:26 PM ()

That's so true of the hummingbirds at the feeders.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:13 PM ()

I wonder if another bird would use the abandoned nest if you placed it up in a tree...

comment by steeve on July 12, 2013 1:53 PM ()

There are some birds like cuckoos that will lay eggs in the nest of another bird and let that bird hatch the eggs. It's where the word cuckold came from.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:14 PM ()

Keep the hatchling safe we had 2 under the veranda last year that fell from nest , no good putting back parents no show

comment by kevinshere on July 12, 2013 12:22 AM ()

The old myth was that we should never touch a bird because its mother wouldn't come back, but over the past couple of years stuff I've read said it's worth a try putting them back in the nest. No guarantees though.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:16 PM ()

People sell used nests on Craig's List. I might try it with the robin's nest from the garage. You have a better selection, although the top one doesn't look so great.

comment by jjoohhnn on July 11, 2013 8:06 PM ()

Crafts

reply by jjoohhnn on July 19, 2013 11:17 AM ()

I wonder what people want them for. I have several more abandoned nests around here - like a gold mine.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:19 PM ()

Have you seen the parents around? They wouldn't go too far from the nest.

comment by greatmartin on July 11, 2013 7:18 PM ()

Mr. YouKnow saw the bird, said it covered the nest, but hasn't noticed it there lately. I keep forgetting to see if I can get a glimpse of it.

reply by troutbend on July 18, 2013 6:21 PM ()

Comment on this article

1,942 articles found [ Previous Article ] [ Next Article ] [ First ] [ Last ]

Laura

Profile

Stats

Recent Posts

My Friends

My Bookmarks

Subscribe

This Oughta Be Good

Bird Nests