i would probably encourage her to move on.. before she has the brood .. and before the dogs destroy the whole set up trying to get at her ..

of course you lose the live show out the window ...

curious that it seems like she is behind netting ... how did she get in/out there ..??

ken

I could move the pot higher. It might be out of the way enough, but then it might be too exposed. The netting is just the screen on the window.

I would also encourage she relocate. Bird mites bother the babies but when the babies leave you can become their host. I have wrens and purple finches that nest in my hanging baskets every year and I let them but when the babies fly away I move the basket under a tree for a week and pull out the nest so I don't have the mite problem. I always know when they leave because the mother and father are very noisy trying to get them out of the nest. Baby wrens are the cutest!

I have a starling that decided to make a nest under the eaves of my balcony. It's unnerving to have a bird barely clear your head while you're out looking over your hostas on their wire shelving units. So far, she's behaved herself. Now, the babies have hatched and are noisy little buggers when Mom comes back with food. As soon as they're fledged, I want the maintenance guys to remove her nest and wire the area over, so I don't get bird mites or my little cat Zizu who comes out on the balcony with me. She found a broken-open brick to make her nest in, so it's not visible from standing on the balcony, or I'd post a pic here.

I agree. There are no eggs yet. If you disturb the nest, they will build it elsewhere. They don't want to raise their chicks in a busy place accessible to predators.

The netting is just the screen on the window.

==>> when i came back to see replies.. i figured out.. you were taking the pix from inside the door ... lol.. duh on me ...

ken

How very interesting to see that nest so close! Whatever you decide, it's still pretty cool.

Oh yum lol! It is funny, robins are a little skittish when they are on the ground but a few years ago I was pruning a very old overgrown apple tree where a robin had built and continued to use the nest as I pruned. The babies hatched and I continued to prune but avoided the branch they were nested on. Mom was unaffected by my presence. It was a wonderful experience seeing the entire process from eggs to fledglings.

steve..what sweet pics!..years ago at my last house I had a robin's nest with babies in a new blue spruce..I have pics but those were the olden days..a camera with film..they're here somewhere..I hope the hosta grows well now that a bird isn't sitting on it..

OMG, had a robins nest in a blue spruce here 3-4 years ago, it was fun to see the babies from my front door. Also had a robin build a nest in a decorative wreath a few feet away from my front door. Every time we left the house the mother flew to a nearby tree, she did stick it out and got to see the babies up close.

Sherry

We saw the pair yesterday. Looks like momma was still trying to build somewhere with a beak full of material but dad just didn't want to wait any longer. I left the nest in the pot just to see how they grow. At least until I figure out what Hosta it is. I'm not good at labeling all of my potted Hosta.