New Tenants Moved In
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86583)
United States
April 17, 2022 9:02pm CST
You know, I don’t remember them signing a rental agreement or anything, but it seems I have new tenants living here.
As you can see by the photo, some robins built a nest right over my motion lights mounted on my garage.
It’s in a perfect place for them: out of weather, well hidden, and near a big buffet thanks to my neighbor and me and our bird seed. 
They’ll be gone in no time, I’m sure, but it’s nice that they’re here while their young ones hatch and grow.
They’ll be gone in no time, I’m sure, but it’s nice that they’re here while their young ones hatch and grow.25 people like this
26 responses
@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Apr 22
Hope they are good neighbors.
Thats a good spot for the nest
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
18 Apr 22
I'm sure you'll be pleased watching their children grow up. It's entertainment.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
It really is cool to see those beaks sticking above the nest, waiting for mom and dad.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
18 Apr 22
@FourWalls You could try crawling up there and feeding them from your mouth and see what the parents say. 
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
18 Apr 22
@FourWalls You never know... The parents might say, "Yeah! Let her feed the beasts!" 
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Apr 22
I hope the hatchlings survive.
Speaking of birds building nests in unusal places, way back when, I had a short-term job delivering phone books (remember them?) and one house had a spring wreath on the door that seemed to have a fake bird and nest as part of it. When I got up to the doorstep, the bird flew away!
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
I hope they survive, too. There’s a hawk or an owl or some bird of prey in the area. 
That’s funny about the “fake bird” that turned out to be real!
That’s funny about the “fake bird” that turned out to be real!2 people like this
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
18 Apr 22
Their house is not well done. You should send them to school
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
Hey, if they’re comfortable, who am I to say anything? I’m not a Housing and Urban Development inspector.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
19 Apr 22
It’s too close to the eave to get the camera up there. But I’ll definitely keep an eye out for them to see if they start showing up on the feeding shelves in back. 
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@Juliaacv (56218)
• Canada
19 Apr 22
@FourWalls We had bird make a nest over top of light fixtures like that, and since we couldn't see them, and the light was always beside a door, my hubby would put an empty can on that space so that would deter them from building a nest there. I was always afraid of having the birds attack me.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
We’re getting ready for a lot of noise with the air show and the fireworks for Thunder Over Louisville. Hope it doesn’t scare them (and everyone else).
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
18 Apr 22
@FourWalls Yikes that will be very noisy but the birds should be used to noise. I hope the best for them.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
18 Apr 22
As long as they don't bring in too many additional occupants it should be a good relationship lol
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
And as long as they don’t blast “Rockin’ Robin” at 2 AM to annoy me and the neighbors….
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
Hey, they’re right next to the cafeteria so why shouldn’t they move in?2 people like this
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
18 Apr 22
@FourWalls We used to have birds nest in our hanging plants on the front porch. Our old cats never bothered them. When GiGi, a feral stray, took up residence, she chased them off because she thought they were an a la carte dinner.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
As long as they don’t poop on my car (that’s the garage they’ve located themselves on).
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
Robin eggs are blue. Remember Joan Baez’s line about Dylan: “I remember your eyes were bluer than robin’s eggs.”
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
Thanks. Hope you’re having a great Pesach.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
20 Apr 22
@FourWalls
Thank you and it is nice and almost over.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
18 Apr 22
Very cool shot. Are they paying rent?
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
No. They demand that I feed ‘em, too!
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
They sing for their supper, at least.
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@porwest (112780)
• United States
19 Apr 22
@FourWalls Ah birdsong. lol. I guess that makes it somewhat worthwhile.
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@Sam_graphixer (2465)
• India
18 Apr 22
haha... thats a good tenant ... i see... thats so cute
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Here I heard if birds set up a home in your side, it will bring you good luck@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Apr 22
@FourWalls That Chinese cuisine you mentioned is from a certain kind of bird. But it is quite expensive and actually I don't think it is very popular dish for many people anyway.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
28 Apr 22
@youless — I remember watching a TV program about traveling to China and the cuisine, and it seems that workers had to climb the sides of caves to extract the bird nests. It was very dangerous work. No wonder it’s expensive.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
27 Apr 22
It may be, but isn’t Chinese cuisine the one with bird’s nest soup?
I have a set-up in my back yard where I put out bird seed and let the various birds (I have cardinals, blue jays, robins, doves, and finches primarily) and squirrels pick out what they want. Generally I’ve found that the birds like the squirrel food, and the squirrels like the bird food.
I have a set-up in my back yard where I put out bird seed and let the various birds (I have cardinals, blue jays, robins, doves, and finches primarily) and squirrels pick out what they want. Generally I’ve found that the birds like the squirrel food, and the squirrels like the bird food. 1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
18 Apr 22
I’m glad they picked that spot. They’ve tried to build nests on top of my porch light before.
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Apr 22
That is wonderful I would certainly enjoy having neighbors like that.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
20 Apr 22
I’m glad they built there instead of trying my back porch light again.
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Apr 22
@FourWalls that bird just looks so cute, I remember seeing a bird that had built a nest right in the center of Riga behind the name of a store,
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
21 Apr 22
I personally think they’re for the birds.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
22 Apr 22
I wish I still had the box up there. (I had old motion lights that birds had built a nest on, and my brother put a little wooden box under it to keep the hatchlings from falling to the ground some 10 feet below.)
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Apr 22
@FourWalls That-was agood idea. The baby birds on our deck took off flying. They’d perch in the swing or the deck rail.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68211)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
22 Apr 22
We have some living in our car port. Second set of babies this year. There fuzzy little bastasges.
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
22 Apr 22
I don’t think they’ve had any yet, or they haven’t hatched.
@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
22 Apr 22
@thislittlepennyearns — and the parents get very defensive.
@thislittlepennyearns (68211)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
22 Apr 22
@FourWalls you'll know when they hatch. They are loud and obnoxious..
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