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Bird Watching: OH No!! what have I done??, 0 by BirdieBlue

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BirdieBlue wrote:
I have noticed a Robin sitting near the Bluebirds "lookout point". Also last week I noticed some poison ivy growing near a little garden bed. Well I sprayed the poison ivy AND the few honeysuckle vines with Round-Up.
Today I went out to pull the dead dry honeysuckle vines and found 2 brand new Robin hatchlings and t bright blue eggs in a (now, thanks to me) completely exposed nest.
I cut some other honeysuckle vines and wove them in the dead branches to make a little umbrella or to somewhat camouflage the nest.
Oh I hope I haven't doomed these babies.
And, now I know why the Robin has been chasing the Bluebirds away from one of their look out trees. I never realized how closely different birds would nest..
Here's a picture of the Robin babies. Guess I'll be putting up fresh vines for the next week or so unless anyone has a better suggestion for me.