Bird Watching: bird houses for winter roosting, 1 by lilyfantn

lilyfantn wrote:
That is really interesting Susan. We one time had a dove nest on top of the drainspout on the eave of our house too. I couldn't help thinking that was a terrible choice lol!. No cover from predators and all that water gushing perilously close to the babies during a rain storm. My hubby discoverred the nest while cleaning the gutters. When he got to the drainspout he yelled down "there's a big clog here!... OMG there's an animal in here!" As soon as he yelled that the dove flew off the nest and he saw it was a nest with babies in it. So he left them alone and scurried down the ladder. The moma came back and all was well. Speaking of your nest though, I have noticed that nests can be awfully buggy things. Do you think the juncos might have been looking for a meal? I'm not even sure if they eat insects though.

I put up a nesting shelf for robins and other birds that prefer open nests. I actually got a "taker" for a brief time this past spring. Better luck next year ha ha.

(yes Pell - one more notch on the "crazy lady belt" for the large and varied bird house collection dotting my yard!)

here is my nesting shelf taker...