In the home I grew up in, we had robin nest right in front of our living room window, and every day the whole family would check up on it to see what kind of progress was made. It was quite fascinating. In the fall we washed it away with the hose.
Find a way to coexist with nature, I say. They'll be gone soon enough.
In the home I grew up in, we had robin nest right in front of our living room window, and every day the whole family would check up on it to see what kind of progress was made. It was quite fascinating. In the fall we washed it away with the hose.
Find a way to coexist with nature, I say. They'll be gone soon enough.
Pretty sad people can't even tolerate a birds nest in their yard. Just like my dickhead neighbour in BC blasting mud swallow nests off his house with a hose. I honestly hoped the jerk would get west nile from a mosquito bite for his efforts.
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Leave them, having Robins around will cut down on the amount of bugs around your place. There's no humane way to remove them at this point with chicks. Once the chicks leave the nest then you can remove it.
This is the best advice.
Also guard against it next year.
Better yet!
Put up a bird house for them next year. Robins are awesome birds, and they have a hard time nesting because of an overpopulation of magpies which take their eggs and young. I see this every spring in my neighbors spruce tree. Cats, squirrels, crows, etc take their toll also.
There is a robin's next under my deck too. Haven't had any problems with it yet, but I don't have a dog for it to dive-bomb. I am a bit concerned that it may take a dive at my kids though.
Had a Robin's next in a tree in my backyard when I was growing up. It definitely dive-bombed the dog I had then, which was a Cocker Spaniel. Poor feller was afraid to go outside. When we'd ask him if he wanted to go outside he headed for the front door instead of the back. It wasn't long until the birds left him alone. My dad removed the nest after we thought they had all gone and there hadn't been a nest in that tree for the remainder of the years that my dad owned that house.
I saw a really neat thing tonight around 700pm... a golden eagle being harassed by a crow. Ive seen crows do it to hawks before , but a golden eagle was really cool. I only saw it for a few seconds unfortunately. This was from crescent heights.
No, he probably cannot fend for himself; he looks like this:
He's cute, but are you sure that's a dog?
My parents had robins nesting under their deck for a season or two. They built their nest somewhere else following a season or two. Personally, since I like songbirds, I'd leave them to it, but I don't have a tiny dog to consider.
As far as I know he's a dog, he's our family's new pet and only 5 months old. We didn't get professional shots per se as I was helping my friend build his photography portfolio and in turn wanted to help the breeder with some pictures of her past puppies.
I don't have any problem with 'nature', just not very keen on our puppy being attacked by birds.
Thank you all for the useful advice, now everybody; back to the Spring1 thread!
A robin flying toward your puppy is not "attacking it". It's a robin! Find me an example of a robin hurting anything besides a worm and I'll eat my words.
A robin flying toward your puppy is not "attacking it". It's a robin! Find me an example of a robin hurting anything besides a worm and I'll eat my words.
Robins are resourceful buggars. If it weren't for this Robin, this Shark would have escaped well fed and unscathed.
I saw a really neat thing tonight around 700pm... a golden eagle being harassed by a crow. Ive seen crows do it to hawks before , but a golden eagle was really cool. I only saw it for a few seconds unfortunately. This was from crescent heights.
ok that was wildly ot...
Except i've never been awoken by a really annoying, loud and obnoxious eagle first thing in the morning. I'm going for the eagle.
