Oddball question from another list, and I thought I'd see if anyone here
had any experience with this, and/or suggestions for some wildlife-friendly (and
face-friendly) alternatives.
Kathryn Kerby
frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
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A.M. Pacific Daylight Time Subj: [Self_Sufficient_Farmers] Wild bird
problem
I've got a wild bird problem. In 6 years I've never had
birds nest in my berry vines, until this year that is. Now that berries
are ready for picking two or more times a day I've been getting attacked by
birds when I get close to the end of one of my trellises. The first time I
noticed an animal in the vines I first thought it was a snake because I was
hearing hissing. So I just skipped that part of the trellis and didn't go on
that side of the next trellis. The next time I came out that day I noticed
more movement and the same hissing so I took a closer look and noticed a bird,
then it started yelling/squawking and running up and down the trellis I guess
it's mate decided to get in on the act too and I was getting swooped at by the
second one, so I left. The next morning the bird was on the trellis again
so I took a small handful of pebbles and tossed them at the vines, the bird
flew out and took off. I put my gloves on and went into the vines and found
the nest and pulled it out since it had no eggs. I thought that was it for the
birds. The birds were in trees near by yelling at me but no swooping or
anything. Two days later I notice a bird was back in the vines, I got a
rake handle out and poked it into the vines and the bird took off, I went and
got the new nest out and hoped that would be it. Nope, today I went out
this morning and there was a darn bird in the vines again, but today there are
eggs in the new nest. I don't want to remove this nest if there is the
possibility of the birds not finding the nest if I re-home it, but I also
don't want to keep getting attacked when I go to pick my berries, I have 18
trellis to pick 2-3 times a day (depending on the heat) and I'm out there for
a few hours. I hate having to keep looking around, I almost got caught up in a
blackberry vine this morning when I hear movement next to me and I almost
stood up. Thankfully I caught myself and stay crouched down and just looked
around.
So I guess my question is can I move this nest and the birds
find it or am I just SOL and leave it where it is and hope they take pity on
me and out trying to get me.
Thanks, Elly E&W
Farm Manchester, TN
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