Nest Near New Home Constuction

Nest Near New Home Constuction

We are building a new home and some trees needed trimming to make room for the home.

Our tree trimmer was on his backhoe and happened to look over to his side and saw a hummingbird nest with several eggs in it, similar to skittles candies in color, he said.

He tied a bright yellow caution tape on the bottom of the limb and showed us when we returned home.

We watch mom come and go with our binoculars so as not to get too close. Our problem is that this tree is right in front of the new home that is just starting to be built.

We are concerned about her abandoning the nest or damage.

We have told our builder, but accidents can happen. Any ideas?

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Jul 27, 2009
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Postpone the work maybe?
by: Bonnie

All I can imagine is to tell the builders to postpone the work for another week or so. It's sad, but these things happen all the time. A tree in our yard had a turtle dove nest, which was knocked down after hubby had a landscape group trim some branches. I was sad but hoped the parent birds would build another nest and start over again.

Jul 27, 2009
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Birds nest near house being built
by: Anonymous

Can't you wait a while until the birds have flown. It doesn't take long for young birds to fledge

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