TylerEngland
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Greetings,
We had our home stuccoed early this Spring, and I was eager put my wren box (actually its a nuthatch box) back on the side of our house as soon as this was complete. Just as in every year past, the house wrens moved in right away. The problem is that the stucco was not properly mixed leaving irregular color patches upon curing, and contractor agreed that the whole job needs to be redone. The contractor wants to have his men come in and redo the stucco as soon as the forecast gives them several sunny days because he wants to get paid (understandable). The thing is, the wren eggs have just hatched and I'm worried about what will happen if the nest box was relocated for several days, compiled with the ruckus that would be going on while all of this work is being done in our backyard. I'm very attached to this wren family and I would hate for the parents to get spooked and abandon the babies or for them to overheat or fall to predators if the nest box were to be taken down before they fledge. I really can't even think of a good place in my backyard to temporarily relocate the box for the matter. This is causing me a lot of stress...I'm trying to convince the contractors to wait a few more weeks so that the babies can fledge and I can safely remove the nest box, but I'm not optimistic that they will care. Does anyone have any advice or experience in this sort of situation? It's technically illegal to disturb an active songbird nest right?
Thank you for reading this rambling post!
-Tyler
We had our home stuccoed early this Spring, and I was eager put my wren box (actually its a nuthatch box) back on the side of our house as soon as this was complete. Just as in every year past, the house wrens moved in right away. The problem is that the stucco was not properly mixed leaving irregular color patches upon curing, and contractor agreed that the whole job needs to be redone. The contractor wants to have his men come in and redo the stucco as soon as the forecast gives them several sunny days because he wants to get paid (understandable). The thing is, the wren eggs have just hatched and I'm worried about what will happen if the nest box was relocated for several days, compiled with the ruckus that would be going on while all of this work is being done in our backyard. I'm very attached to this wren family and I would hate for the parents to get spooked and abandon the babies or for them to overheat or fall to predators if the nest box were to be taken down before they fledge. I really can't even think of a good place in my backyard to temporarily relocate the box for the matter. This is causing me a lot of stress...I'm trying to convince the contractors to wait a few more weeks so that the babies can fledge and I can safely remove the nest box, but I'm not optimistic that they will care. Does anyone have any advice or experience in this sort of situation? It's technically illegal to disturb an active songbird nest right?
Thank you for reading this rambling post!
-Tyler