My neighbors have a cat that goes in and out of their house. I’m not a fan of outdoor cats, but it’s their pet, not mine. As the weather turned colder, I set up a Styrofoam cooler filled with straw on my porch, just in case the cat needed a warm spot during an unexpected cold snap and the owners weren’t around to let her in. Luckily, they started keeping her inside for the winter. After a recent snowfall, I noticed tiny bird tracks leading from my porch to the shelter. It seems the birds aren’t nesting there, but they are definitely using the straw for their own bedding. I find it quite endearing to see how the shelter is serving unexpected guests.
If you take from me, I’ll use what’s yours, fair’s fair!
Reese said:
If you take from me, I’ll use what’s yours, fair’s fair!
What goes around comes around.
We’ve tried several times to help mourning doves that keep trying to nest on our living room windowsills, but the eggs would roll off due to the angle of the sills. Eventually, we attached a nesting box on one sill and placed a wooden crate filled with nesting materials on another to help them out.
@Presley
Did they end up using it, or were they too wary to return?
Fife said:
@Presley
Did they end up using it, or were they too wary to return?
The doves have used the nesting box twice. The first time, they put in just one twig and a few pieces of coconut bark. The second time they added another twig. The great news is all the eggs, four in total over two seasons, hatched and the fledglings grew up successfully. Plus, the local pigeons are making good use of the other nesting materials, so nothing is going to waste.