Yes, I am using it this year for the first time and I think it is great. I take a notebook with me for each nest check and I transfer the data for each nest into the Cornell site. I have GPS'd all of my boxes and added the coordinates. It's great in that once a nesting is complete, it totals everything up for you, gives you 3 different spreadsheets (species summary, breeding data, and site description) for each nesting, for each year. After my nest checks today I have 10 more BB's since last Thursday that have fledged and some new nests started, so I am going to enter that information now. Phil

Me too, mimipadv. Nature is not for the squeamish. Has anyone else heard of Wild Heart Ranch in Claremore, Ok? They do a lot of great work. They rehab and return eagles (and many other animals) to the wild. Their FB feed is always interesting. http://www.wildheartranch.org/default.asp

Until those little birdies fledge, I suppose you are stuck with taking your wet wash to a laundromat for drying. The alternative is to evict the bird family and that most likely would be a death sentence for the little ones. If you know the species of bird, you could look up their nest time. About bird proofing after the nestlings leave, do not cover the vent with mesh or netting of any kind. In a short time, that will collect lint and greatly restrict the vent leading to other bad troubles especially if it a gas fired drier. When the vent is restricted, and if everything is working right in the dryer, a reduced air flow will cause the fire tube to overheat and the overheat switch should shut off the flame. However, this overheat switch is all that is between you and a drier fire. When the tunnel and overheat switch cools, the burner will again operate. This cycle continues until the dryer cycle is complete and that will take longer than normal due to another quirk. On many gas dryers, the cycle timer does not start until the air around the clothes exceeds a set temperature. (This is how the dryer detects that the clothes are getting dry. This sensor is nothing more than a temperature switch somewhere in the exit air stream and may be called a humidity detector.) The best bet is to insure that the flap valve on the exit vent is in good working order.

I think it's a wren nest. Sometimes they do that.....lay a few eggs, then never come back. Not sure if something happened to them, or they decided there were better places for nests. I forget if it's a house wren or a carolina wren. They can sure pick places that sorta in our way. haha One time, they had a nest under a tarp over our table saw on the porch, and we couldn't use the saw until they all fledged. Lots of other examples like that!