Another Bird Rescue

[Zen]

I have a pair of swallows who nest in my carport in the same spot every year. A previous tenant had put levelor blinds up there (why?) and I took them down. the birds nested on the rail of it but this year they managed to stick their nest to the wall using only mud.
I saw the mom and dad perched on the handlebars of my spin bikes and thought it an unusual behavior for them so I went out to look.

The mud didn't hold. The nest was on the ground, five babies had been knocked out of it but were still clustered together in nest form! I picked them up and arranged them back in the nest but still didn't know where to put it.
In a burst of ingenuity I knew how to get it back pretty close to where it was. This involved a snow shovel and a stepladder, I am the Maguyver of the avian world.
So far, everyone is living happily ever after.

[sbctwin]

Oh my...what pics!!! I am a bird watcher and enjoy the pleasant company of birds throughout my yard. Have the parents visited the babies since the 'move'? I am glad to see you are so innovative....

[emily_in_nc]

How wonderful! Zen, you are a genius. LOVE the pics!

Emily

[makbike]

I love stories with happy endings!

The little ones should be okay. Mom/dad will should take of the little ones even if a human has touched them. The bonds are quite tight and deep.

Keep us posted!

[LBTC]

Zen, that is so cool! Thanks for posting the pics, and let us know how they do.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[IFjane]

Oh Zen! What a wonderful story! My yard is a certified wildlife habitat and I love attracting birds. I don't have any swallows, but this year a pair of phoebes tried and tried to put a nest on the wall under my deck. They never could make it stick (they also make mud nests). They finally gave up and went elsewhere. A pair of wrens also built a nest under the deck & successfully raised a brood. No pictures though...

[margo49]

Zen - you surely are a latter day Daktari.
Bless your little cotton socks!
[or Smartwool as they case may be]