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[DirtDiva]

CC - I voluntarily changed that sig line in the interest of protecting the more delicate-natured members of the TE forum who find thinking outside their comfort zone causes deep emotional distress.

Obviously I don't have a delicate natue - no idea what prior sig you could possibly be referring to. Or perhaps I just have a bad memory.

Nanci - your wren plan sounds good to me, but I know nothing about such things so, um, yeah...

[Lise]

So...BF is not a murderer, but wren has her suspicions about you? You may be able to sell this story to TV. Does your plan involve picking up the current nest and putting it in the wren house? Do wrens ever attack human beings? How long does it take wren eggs to hatch? Do wrens ever get rabies? You absolutely get the "Best Friend to Furry and Scaly and Feathered Creatures" award, Nanci.
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And where else can you ask this question: Why do we get that sudden falling feeling when drifting off to sleep? I was napping, only to be wakened by Isaac the cat demanding admission to the bedroom. I let him in to snuggle with me, drifted back asleep, and had that abrupt feeling of falling, startled in the bed, flung my arms out, and Isaac just shifted and purred and snuggled in closer.
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Loctite appears to have so many uses! I'll pick up a bottle today! The hot, sticky weather means not only do I need to shower three times a day, but I wash my bras that often, too. One application of Loctite post-shower might solve the whole bra problem, period!

[DrBee]

I'll admit it - I giggled at locktiti, too.

I think the wren idea might work. Carolina wrens (I'm assuming that's what it is) will nest just about anywhere!. We had a pair build a nest on some shelves we had in an outside alcove right before we moved from SC to here. We kept hoping the little buggers would fledge by moving day. We talked the movers into packing that stuff last. Our plan worked - the fledged the morning before. Your idea sounds plausible. As long as the initial position of the nestbox is right next to the old nest, it might work. I like the idea of slowly raising the box to the tree. That's brilliant! Wrens typically nest in fairly low places, so check the height first to make sure she'll still accept the final height. Good luck! I can't wait to hear how this turns out.

[Nanci]

Well, I'm worried that the tree might be too high now, maybe ten feet off the ground?

The move did not go well. The egg on top was empty- but not from anything I did. Whole, but empty. I dug out a lot of nest before getting to the other three eggs. Broke two, saved one, but it was cold. I put it in the new nest anyway- she'll- if she moves in- either build over it or throw it out. The eggs that broke were not developed at all- so that's ok. She'll just lay more.

Making grilled garlic shrimp for dinner tonight. I bought three pounds! I can freeze what we don't cook for some other meal- they're all mirinated and ready to go.

[DrBee]

Ten feet might be a bit on the high side. If you could pull the box back towards the trunk of the tree and attach it there - that would work. Too bad about the eggs. The good thing is if she takes to the nestbox, you'll have a great view of the babies!

We're having shrimp tonight, too. We're having shrimp etoufee. Yummmm! The in-laws are coming up from Louisiana on Wednesday and they're bringing blue crabs! Yippee! I'm from MD remember.

[Nanci]

She didn't take to it. I don't feel _too_ bad, the eggs hadn' even started to develope. I will move it close to the tree at about an eight foot height tomorrow.

Oh well.

[Trek420]

Nanci, there's a family of birds who've nested in one of the vents on my condo. Not sure what it vents from. At first I was a afraid to run the dryer lest I "cook" them but that does not seem to bug them so...catching up on laundry again.

I know they lost 2 babies. I found the tiny featherless creatures dead on the patio, guess they fell out. Either they lay more eggs or there were more and I can hear the tiny family and see Mom and Dad flying in with fluff and dried vegetation and sitting on the carport roof scolding me when I go out.

There's a birdfeeder in front of the condo, and one in the patio in back. The back one not so much eating because Mae is there but the front one, hard to keep it full

Partly inspired by you and my general tree-huggy background I ordered a bird house. Hope they come back next year they'll be housed in style.