Relocating a bird nest?

[jberryhill]

I put off blocking off my dryer vent. Spring has come, and so have some new inhabitants.

I do not know, for sure, what, if anything is in the nest, but I do know that there is a new nest in the pipe.

Is it possible to push the nest out into a box or something, such that if the contents of the nest are safely moved into the box, then I can block off the pipe and the birds can carry on with their business?

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Seems risky

Birds are very unforgiving where changes involving their nests are concerned. You could try the box trick you suggested, but I am dubious about its chances of success.

[Botany]

2. What kind of birds?

n/t

[jberryhill]

3. The ones in the pipe

Dryer vent birds. I have not gone out to look at them, as I am not interested in finding out whether they are the kind of birds who will aggressively defend their nest.



I'm deciding between two options:

1. Pushing it out from the inside with a dowel, into a receptacle of some kind.

2. Drilling out an adjacent vent, sealing off the pipe on the existing vent, and attaching the flexible hose to the new vent.

The vent comes out under a deck, so I'm not too worried about esthetics.

Perhaps I'll venture out to take a peek.

[Botany]

4. If they are House (English) Sparrows just pull the nest out.

Just get a lawn chair and place it about 20' from the nest and see what kind of birds
are nesting there.

[jberryhill]

6. All righty....

I'll report back after lunch.

[Bayard]

5. They won't come back to it if you move it

Toss it, and watch out for mites.

Its early spring, they'll build another one.

[LakeArenal]

7. I've heard birds build more than one nest.

Like decoys. So chances are the have other sites. Also, a storm dislodged some baby birds and we were unable to replace the nest. Mom gave the babies up so we took them to the humane society.

[FloridaBlues]

8. I had to move a nest with 3 small chick inside

I put it very near the original area into a bush midway down. Momma found and happy to say they survived!

[jberryhill]

10. I only have one chick inside, and she's not small

But she's not going to come outside and look at the nest, either.

[Ptah]

9. Before you move it, run the dryer for about 45 minutes.

"Heat will destroy any corona virus present."

Dr. Trump