It never fails. Every year, a mama bird decides to build her nest RIGHT BY either our front or back door. This year, she has chosen the back door. It is up in the support beam for the awning. This location is eye-level for my husband. He could step out and give her a kiss on the beak if she didn’t immediately fly away every time she spotted him.
A couple of years ago, a Robin posted up in the middle of my beautiful fern on my front porch. That was pretty fun to watch over time as she laid her pretty blue eggs, and they eventually hatched. The ugliest, cutest little gremlins you’ve ever seen.
One year, my mother-in-law had a bird build a nest in her front door wreath. It almost didn’t make it, because it moved every time the door opened and closed. Why in the world do birds do that? Choosing a spot so precarious to create their safe place doesn’t seem to make sense. They’ll even move into chimneys, vents, gutters, and attics.\
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Why Do Birds Build Their Nests So Close to My House?
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