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Long story short: birds have built a nest in the corner of an open window. There are 2 eggs and the parents take turns nesting. I really have to close the window at some point so now I have to figure out how to move the nest so that I do, hopefully, no harm. However, I am at a loss as to how best to achieve that.
I had thought of duct-taping a small cardboard box to the window that doesn't open in hopes they'd be ok with it.
Any (serious/sensible) suggestions?
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Why don't you just rig something to allow for the opened window but cover the opening to prevent them from coming inside and allow them a little privacy too. 
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And hopefully keep waste material and bugs out of the house as well! 
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In the UK, it's technically illegal to move (or destroy) a birds nest with eggs - the eggs of all birds are protected by law since the Wildlife & Countryside Act of 1981.
In the states, I don't know about the legality, but I do know the eggs probably won't survive because the parents will almost certainly abandon the nest if you move it: it's called "Nest-site fidelity" or Breeding Philopatry[^]
This explains the problem quite well: Journey North American Robin[^]
I sometimes wonder how the heck I know about cr@p like this, given that I am not now, and never have been, a "twitcher"! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: In the UK, it's technically illegal to move (or destroy) a birds nest with eggs
Surely that only counts if you tell someone. Oh...
OriginalGriff wrote: I do know the eggs probably won't survive because the parents will almost certainly abandon the nest
I did know about that but was hoping someone knew different.
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What if the parents abandon the nest as it is in the window with the eggs still there?
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Then the eggs die.
It's supposed to prevent bird's-egg collectors, I believe.
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Sure. I was just wondering if there are specifications about how long you have to wait until you can move the nest when you believe it has been abandoned. This would be sort of an add-on to the suggestion that he gets a cat. 
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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In the States it’s illegal to remove or destroy an active nest from a native bird species. An active nest is defined as “a nest with eggs or brooding adults in it”.
At any rate, blocking the window from the inside with cardboard probably shouldn't be an issue. The parents might be a little skittish at first, but once they see that it is not a threat they'll resume nesting.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Not native - they're pigeons
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Oh... pigeons... sky rats, in that case use a shotgun or fire! Fire would work! No use dynamite, that would be fun. (I don't mean that seriously)
If you want them to raise their young, cover the window from the inside. They'll move along in about a month.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Can't do that - the window HAS to be shut at some point soon but, equally, I don't feel that I want to destroy the eggs - the birds have done nothing wrong.
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Alternately you can feed them calciumcarbide and put some candles nearby.
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Seriously you are generating angst over pigeons, pick it up a put it in the bin, close the window.
Did you know that pigeon crap is toxic, Singapore is trying to stop people feeding the little bastards as they are getting sick kids poisoned from playing in the same grass where their parents are feeding flocks of pigeons.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Did you know that pigeon crap is toxic, Singapore is trying to stop people feeding the little bastards as they are getting sick kids poisoned from playing in the same grass where their parents are feeding flocks of pigeons.
Yet they let people burn huge loads of toxic incense paper made from super cheap contaminated recycled paper on that very same grass (as well as public footpaths and running tracks ...) - the pigeon crap in Singapore is a minuscule issue [disproportionally touted as 'good environmental practice'] compared with what they let people and even more so business get away with to "stay competitive." Anyway soapboxing, will stop.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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There are a few things that SG does correctly and a vast number of them that are less so! The discussion was on pigeons not the dictatorship of Singapore!
The irony of the "Super Trees" just cracks me up every time. Bloody great signs saying "Build Green" next to an office block construction site, wait no 4 construction sites (using Bangladeshi labour). And being the medical haven for every scumbag politician/dictator/general in the region certainly give them the moral high ground.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Hmm, question of the day! I had a similar issue many moons ago the parents got upset and left the nest  so whatever careful!
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Leave it! Once you have moved and touched it, I find it highly unlikely that the parents will think it's theirs. A move can only result in trouble
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It is only for some couple of months. Be generous 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Buy a cat? Get one from the pound for the price of neutering it (so no little cats.)
BTw: if you don't like cats, a snake, gila monster, monitor lizard are good alternatives.
If you really hate cats a komodo dragon will get rid of those as well as that pesky barking-at-all-hours dog down the road too.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I tried that. Then I had to get a mountain lion to get rid of the komodos. Now I have mountain lions roaming around. I think I need a bear.
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I accidentally destroyed a tree with a nest of two turtle doves in it. I moved the nest to another tree, but the parents couldnt find it, so we hand reared them. They were very cute and funny little things. They used to follow us round thhe house, sit with us to eat, and quite tame.
We fed them bird seed mushed up from the tip of a washing up glove finger, and they thrived on it.
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You should call Microsoft, they're responsible for all windows.
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