Funky Nest Entries 151-160
151. Ray and Roxanne DeBaun, Blair, Wisconsin
This little House Wren brought grubs and whatnot into this boot for days and didn't mind us watching from our lawnchairs.
152. Rita Grant, Brooksville, Florida
I had to send you this photo of a Carolina Wren nest. I call it the "Love Nest". It is on top of my rain barrel in a plant pot. The wrens don't mind me being near the nest since I'm close by every day working in my plant nursery.
153. Donald Tusher, Gadsden, Alabama
Enclosed is a picture of baby Goldfinches in a Funky nest on the front door of our house. The nest is nestled in the middle of a metal basket with artificial flowers. Whenever we opened the door, the parents flew away and came back as soon as the door was shut. The birds grew to maturity and flew out of the nest.
154. Catherine Alguire, Chapel Hill, NC
My sister moved into a second floor apartment in the old Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Her outside urban oasis is her balcony, where she can sit among her potted plants and watch the happenings in the alleyway behind the buildings. Being a dedicated “treasure finder”, as a decorative whimsy she hung up a pair of deer antlers above her back door. Several days later when she went outside, she was met by diving robins that had nested in the antlers.She let the babies hatch and fledge - and then put a large bar of soap in the nest to thwart any parent attempts for a second family.
155. Louis Barkemeyer, El Cajon, California
Everyone's familiar with bird migration flights but how many have seen birds
utilizing an RV? While visiting friends in El Cajon, CA we camped at nearby
Lake Jennings and were impressed with the number and variety of birds. One
pair of House Finches seemed particularly busy with nest building resulting
in the pictured nest we found in the hitch after being there only a little
over 24 hours! Since returning home to Sun City, AZ, doves have also nested
on top of our RV wheel cover and landing gear.
However, to our knowledge none of the birds have completed a trip with us!
156. Ella Clem, Frankfort, Kentucky
Our Carolina Wrens kept trying to build their nests on our logs (we live in a log home out in the woods.) We watched them putting nesting material up in the corner log. Most of the time pieces of their nest kept falling off. They spent most of their time putting back pieces that were falling off the rounded side of the log. We felt sorry for them, so this spring we bought them a house just for wrens. We put the new house next to the log that they liked to use for a nest. Thinking they would be happy with their new home. That didn't work, they went right back trying to build their nest on the log. Later I read that wrens like to have pieces of nesting material already in a bird house. Apparently, the wren is more receptive to a house that looks used. Most birds like their houses empty before they build their nest. We enjoy watching the birds in our area, taking baths, building nests, and feeding their young.
157. Diana Sichta, South River, New Jersey
Each spring, we find another interesting nest location. Our birds have built nests in the barbeque and even on the top of the oil tank! This year, I guess they wanted to "shed some light" on their nests. Mom built this one right in the light bulb on our porch!
158. Ron Forehand, Bogart, Georgia
We found our funky nest in our dog's bedding.We have two dogs, a lab and a Jack Russell who reside in our garage. We recently moved some of their winter bedding to the top of a counter in the garage and then left for vacation.
When we returned, despite the dogs remaining at home, this House Wren
family had built the nest and taken up residence and are thriving. The
dogs ignore them. You can see the parents staging on our bikes before making the final flight to the nest while I am in the garage taking pics.
159. ChÈ Xyang, Wavell Heights, Queensland, Australia
My entry is a dove who has made its nest in the void between two CCTV cameras. Pigeons often make their nests in strange places, and thus many strange nests are the nests of pigeons.I love pigeons!
160. Linda Long, Chandler, Arizona
This House Finch nest is tucked under a patio cover at the Valley Unitarian
Universalist Church in Chandler, Arizona. They used where the covers are
pulled together and are connected to the support pole, forming a sling. They are out of the wind, rain (like it rains in Arizona), and sun. They were much admired by churchgoers who got a spiritual uplift seeing them.
