Moving a morning dove nest (2 Viewers)

[Wayne Thompson]

When I returned from a 10-day trip I noticed a mourning dove nest on a light fixture by my side door. I am scheduled to have the house painted in one week. When I use the side door the bird flys off, revealing several eggs. Can I re-locate the nest?





the nest?

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum.

No, you can’t interfere with a nest which is being used.

This tells you more.

Bird nests | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Most bird nests are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). This law says: “No person may take (kill), possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests, or eggs of such bird except as may be permitted under the...

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