Birds Nest Issues...

[SportsCoupeRich]

My home is shaped a bit like an 'n'.

Some birds have nested in one of the corners and are noisy in the morning (set dogs off), sh*t everywhere and have just lost a member in the house (my other half shooed it out eventually....unfortunately am away with work so didn't see the hysteria. Assuming hilarity ensued).

I am under orders to dispose of said nest when home in a week or face sleep in y workshop for the foreseeable future.

I have read a bit online. Wanted some practical experience. I neither want to harm the birds (there are some young ones in the nest, not quite flying yet), get them disowned by parent birds, get attacked at the top of a 20ft ladder, or get covered in guano....

Any ideas for safe removal or rehoming?

I don't have a gun before anyone asks.....

 

[ringway]

Just bide your time, at least until the young birds have fledged. Won't be long now and you'll feel better for it.

 

[SportsCoupeRich]

To be honest it's been about a 5 weeks - i've been cautiously ignoring it and jet washing the barn timber.

My concern is that they might never leave - to birds keep a nest long term?

 

[ringway]

To be honest it's been about a 5 weeks - i've been cautiously ignoring it and jet washing the barn timber.

My concern is that they might never leave - to birds keep a nest long term?

What type of birds/nest? Once the youngsters have gone, I wouldn't have any guilt about moving the nest if it was such a problem. I would hope the birds will soon find another nesting site.

 

[swannymere]

Ask the Police

 

[Meldrew2]

I am under orders to dispose of said nest when home in a week or face sleep in y workshop for the foreseeable future.

It's not too bad……

 

[Mike Walker]

Definitely wait until they fledge then watch Mum and Dad teaching them how to fly.

We have just had blue tit in our greenhouse - would the daft b****r go through the open door? No chance. Had to jam open the temperature controlled window and let it fly out that way in the thunder , lightning and rain!

 

[ringway]

I think there are some Great T!ts in our garden.
They are using a nesting box that we hadn't put up, which is only a metre above the ground just outside the downstairs loo window.
First I knew about it was the loud knocking on the box (like a Woodpecker, only slower). What a racket! There are many theories about T!ts knocking, but no definitive answer.

 

[developer]

Bruce had some great t!ts in his garden (almost), as I recall.

 

[Colin_b]

I give up, can't even mention the Parus major without the objectionable language filter intervening

 

[tanuie]

Talking of birds, had a large Rook pecking my bonnet the other day, I think he saw a reflection of himself. Not amused as I was worried about the paint. I suggested the wife to stand outside with her arms outstretched for a couple of days but cannot say what her reply was.
So if it keeps happening it looks like a car cover or a gun.

 

[whitenemesis]

A reckon the gun will do more damage to the bonnet that the Rook will

 

[tanuie]

A reckon the gun will do more damage to the bonnet that the Rook will

Hi, yes I agree, I don't think the neighbours would be very happy about a gun.

 

[flango]

Ask the Police

Typical birds (feathered variety) have more rights than we do

 

[SportsCoupeRich]

So it appears....i'll wait for them to fly and then sort it out. In the meantime I will start filling a bird seed bowl with immodium plus to halt the sh*tting!