aauuuuurrrgggghhhh...I shouldn't have left the garage door open

[ewagner]

I only left it open for two days ....

and the Robins built a nest on top of my extension ladder hanging on the wall.......

When I close the door to go out in the car, I get dive-bombed by one pissed off robin.....

don't know what I'm going to do...maybe there are eggs in the nest...

[redqueen]

1. Wow

I guess there must be eggs in the nest -- or do birds dive-bomb even when there's nothing to defend? Too bad you can't just move the ladder outside.

[geniph]

2. The youngsters should fledge in a couple months

then you can have your ladder back. Until then, wear a hat. Or borrow the neighbor's cat.

[supernova]

3. Have the same thing on my front door.

I had a holiday wreath that I meant to take down and throw away, but I kept forgetting about it. I don't see it every day because I don't use the front door.

Anyway, I go to get the wreath a few weeks ago, only to discover a couple of house wrens are using it. :eyes: I'll have to wait until the chicks go.

[JVS]

4. Why don't you just clear them out?

[ewagner]

5. Just moved the nest

ladder and all...

three small eggs in it...put them in a fork in the big hemlock tree next to the house.....

[radwriter0555]

6. You did just the right thing. The birds will find it, it will all be FINE

I've even put fallen babies back in nests, and once couldn't get a baby hummingbird back in his nest, so we put it in a makeshift nest in an open window nearby; mom took only a couple minutes to find the baby, and nursed him there for weeks, until he could fly away.

[ironflange]

7. Now you're in trouble

What the hell are you going to do if you need to use the ladder?

[ewagner]

8. SSShhhhhhhh...

My wife wants me to clean out the rain gutters....can't do that for a while eh?