LOOK WHAT I FOUND ON MY FRONT PORCH !!
I almost never come into my house by the front door. I have a nice wide porch that spans the width of the house and, over the winter, I would sweep it occasionally but that’s about it.
I guess you could say that I have a “back door house” and friends and family normally enter by way of the deck. That’s why it was a complete surprise for me to come across this sweet scene.
I decided it was time for a “Spring cleaning” outside, now that the pollen seems to have abated, and I started out front. With broom in hand I approached the porch and started to move the furniture before sweeping. I noticed that a bunch of leaves seemed to have blown together on top of a 3-tier wrought iron piece where I usually put fresh flowers in season.
Imagine my surprise when I tried to move it and a startled little Carolina Wren flew out. She had been protecting her eggs and I quickly realized it was her nest.
As soon as I took the picture of her nest I left her alone and now I’ve been carefully monitoring the progress. I’ve counted six eggs but no action so far.
I pray that the little ones will be OK but I fear that the nest is too open to temptation. We have a bevy of feral cats that roam the area and I can’t imagine how Mama will protect her babies. Maybe I can rig up a screen type of thing that surrounds the nest but lets her fly in through the top. Any ideas??
posted by Ginnie at 7:28 AM
12 Comments:
Hmmm--place barriers around the area? Anything to keep feral cats out.
I discovered a mourning dove nest in my flower pots, when I went to plant. So for now, I am leaving that pot alone. And I am carefully supervising my one cat who likes to be outside. She is never out without me anyway. I have had to scold her--she saunters casually over to the potting table, and gets this--who me?--look on her face.
I would worry that your efforts would be misinterpreted and she wouldn't come near the nest again.
Birds almost always nest in my porch flowers, whether real or silk. This year, I think I avoided that by not putting them out until last week.
Tis the season. That's the second nest I've found on the blogs this morning.
Ginnie
That is real good luck to have a bird build a nest on your porch.
Sweet photo
Once some years back my husband had left one of his golf caps on a baker's rack in the open garage. A bird built a nest in it and that tickled us.
Then another rime prior to that I had gotten one of those KiaPet thingys of a bald fellow with seed on top. The {hair) seed came in green and plentiful and we left it outside on the same rack. After the grass dried out another bird kept picking the dry grass for a nest.
:)
How gorgeous! That is just such a sweet surprise Ginnie :)
Ginnie - I miss those Carolina Wrens so much! What personalities they have. I love most birds but they are definitely in my top 5!
Why don't you contact Weymouth Nature Center in Southern Pines. They should have a good idea.
Fondly remembering December nights on your front porch!
LOVE that new president!
What a surprise to hear from my good friend Teri. She and her husband moved out West over a year ago and I miss them both.
What a lovely nest and bird. I hope she raises the whole lot of chicks.
What a neat surprise! I love those friendly little wrens. Hope the nest remains safe and you see lots of fledglings.
Sweet! Good luck with the screening. I would imagine those feral cats would be tenacious.
I hope that they will be okay too. A friend has a nest in his paper box and has left a note to not put the newspaper in there.
We has wrens last year. We got to see the babies leave the nest. It was great fun.
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