Even the birds love #lorcottage wreaths!
I had a Wild Rose Wreath up on my front door the end of May, and then one day I noticed a bird made a wreath on it. Mama Bird, a robin, worked quickly because I didn't even see the nest in progress!
In the past, I've had birds make a nest in the center circle of the wreath but never end up laying eggs. This time around, Mama Bird made the nest smack on the top of the wreath!
A few days later, I started to peek inside the nest to check for eggs, and lo and behold, I spotted 3 beautiful blue eggs. But you have to take a quick peek, because Mama Bird is not too far away and will start yelling at you!
We don't use our front door too often, so Mama Bird was able to sit on the nest pretty much undisturbed. Anytime my husband and I opened the garage door or go for walk, she would fly off the nest to a nearby electric line attached to our house.
The only tricky part was to quickly get the mail out of the mail box right next to our front door. I was always nervous Mama Bird would come attack me since I was so close to the nest, but thankfully she didn't!
Two of the eggs hatched into tiny, fuzzy robin babies. The third egg may have had crack in it, sadly preventing the proper development of the baby inside. I would hang out in the front yard watching the nest and could see the babies popping their heads up out of the nest, mouths open for Mama Bird to come with food.
Watching the babies grow so fast was fun! Soon, they looked more like birds rather than hatchlings.
About 2 weeks after the babies hatched, they were large and starting to come out onto the nest more, so I knew it wouldn't be long before they would leave for the first time. My husband and I set out to take our walk one evening, and we saw one baby bird standing proudly on the nest for the first time.
By the time we returned from our walk, the baby bird made it out of the nest into the big world! He hopped around our little porch and flapped his wings in an attempt to fly, but would get only a foot off the ground - not bad for just starting out! He even was so adventurous that he hopped into our garage under a car, and I had to shoo him out! I didn't see the second baby out and about, so maybe he was just a bit scared of the big world unlike his brother.
The next morning, I spotted a baby bird in our front flower bed, hopping happily with Mama Bird nearby. And that was the last time I saw my little robin family!
From the nest built on my wreath to the birds leaving was about a month. I kind of missed them when they were gone, but I know they are enjoying the big trees and flying the skies!
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So glad I found this thread. I couldn’t understand why LEAVES were inside my screen door; like kids running in and out BUT no kids.
Then tonight (12 Mar 2022), after Publix delivery, sis hollered there’s a bird in the house. Opened both doors and BEGGED her in Jesus’s Name to leave. Not frantic but a little confused, actually seems like checking out the house.
Then I looked at the front door and saw a PILE of leaves on top of my Christmas wreath (no I haven’t taken it down yet). I have a hole in my screen door and I guess she thought was good protection from the wind and the squirrels.
Then I realized as I’m typing this, my mother’s 81st Birthday is tomorrow 13 March and I saw a Robin in the backyard today and now I have a nest on my front door AND MY NAME IS ROBIN.
Happy Birthday Mommy. I love you too. Tks for the visit.
I have a smaller bird that also built a nest with 2 eggs that we noticed today. What to do. After they hatch do I discard the nest. I think if I disturb it that would be cruel and mama would be angry. Maybe my son sent her for me. Mama take care of a new little life. He passed away one and half years ago. I miss him.
I have a nest in my wreath now. There is a mama, maybe a finch, she’s small. And there are 4 eggs in the nest. We are using our garage door now, not to disturb her. It is so sweet, I can’t wait to see the babies. I can watch it every day since the wreath covers a window in our door. We have a bird’s eye view!
a friend just found this link…..
we think it is a miracle that there is a nest in the top of our wreath (it was from Christmas 2019) …. it was like camouflage as we could not see it…. but it is genuine and there are 4 newly hatched robins…… this has so much meaning for us and newly hatched………….
I have two babies in a nest in my tulip wreath hanging on my front door. I am very careful when I open the door, they dont seem to mind. I hope they fly soon.