Over the weekend a robins nest was built where I worked. What was unique about this
was the placement. The nest was built under our porch ontop of the building's enclosed
phone box.
I saw our building's superindent outside, so I went to tell him to please not disturb
the next.
Turns out I was 20 seconds to late. He threw it in the trash.
Needless to say, I was pretty angry.
I might go out and try to retrieve it and at least put it in a tree nearby. Probably wouldn't
do any good now, but who knows.
I moved the nest across the porch into some shrubs, even though it probably won't help.
I left a sticky note where the nest use to be that read 'we've moved across the street'.
My building superindentent didn't think that was to funny. I told him I hope robins poop
on his car.
Hi Doug- They might take to the new nest location.
Sometimes Robins make daft decisions about nest location. We had a vehicle in our parking lot at work that did not move for a week or so a few springs ago. Turns out a Robin pair had decided to build a nest on top of the front tire under the wheel well. We had to use the vehicle so carefully moved the nest to a nearby shrub and the parents followed.
You might want to mention to the building "super" that disturbing the nest of a migratory bird (i.e., a robin) is an offence under the Migratory Bird Act and infractions carry stiff fines or jail terms. A call to an enforcement officer in your local USFWS office would confirm this.
Nest Killer
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