Has a wild bird ever laid eggs near your home?

Question

I live in the city not in a country home with land etc. A wild dove recently laid 2 eggs in a plant I have hanging on my front porch. Its right next to the door and we walk by it everyday. It seems shes getting use to us. Has this ever happened to you?

Answer 1

Yes and what a neat opportunity you have to watch the Dove raise their young! If you're lucky, the doves may lay another clutch of eggs after successfully raising their young.



Doves will typically lay 2 eggs and the eggs will hatch 2 weeks later. The young doves will leave the nest about 2 weeks later.



Carolina Wrens, House Wrens and House Finches will lay their nests anywhere...in trashcan lids, wreaths on the front door, etc. I once had a friend who had a Robin nest in the eaves of their backporch.

Answer 2

Back about 12 years ago, when I still lived with my parents, we had an old planter with a hood that was once a mini-greenhouse for one of my science projects. I built it out of an old vinyl table cloth and tire spokes from an old bicycle. I was planning on trying to use it again, but my plans were flushed when I found a robin nest in it. It was close to the front door, and it was odd due to the fact it was within reach of both the cat and the dog and within sight of foot traffic from the driveway to the front door.



We set up a hanging bird feeder on the other side of the porch and put a bird bath in the middle of the yard. Every couple of days we would throw a piece of bread into the feeder.



Miraculously, the whole season the pair nested there, and the animals never touched them. Three baby robins were brought into the world that first year- I am the second of six kids, and it was a great way to show the miracle of life, and we never interfered.



Every day we would check on them, and it was so great that the pair stayed, and had continued to come back for five years, and 13 robins came from that nest. We assumed it was the same pair. We kept our distance, and they enjoyed the exploitation of humans :)



I guess that sparked my interest in birds.

Answer 3

It's probably already dead. Bird eggs must be maintained at very precise temperatures and rotated carefully to survive, and it's already been deprived of that. If the mother bird wasn't nesting on it, she probably knew it wasn't going to hatch anyway. Mother birds defend their nest fiercely, so she would have known your son was there if she'd cared about the egg. Not to mention if by some miracle it did hatch, it's a) illegal for you to keep a wild bird captive even to care for it, and b) unbelieveably difficult to hand-raise a baby bird. You can try calling a wildlife rescue to see if they want to check the egg for life and incubate it, but I highly doubt the egg will survive and hatch at this point. Tell your son to leave nature where it is!

Answer 4

Some barn swallows built a nest under the awning that goes over my front door. They built it on top of the light that's under there. I had to leave the light off or it would have cooked them! But they got used to me coming and going. Good luck with the dove!

Answer 5

Yes the same thing happened to me,one of my favorite plants too that she decided to nest in..lol,so I couldn't water the plant,needless to say the plant died,but I had the enjoyment of watching her raise,3 babies,their learning to fly and leaving the nest. I have a new plant hanging out now,I hope she comes back this year.

Answer 6

We have several Crows nests in our back yard and I found a Hummingbird nest with an egg in it last summer. Keep away and don't bother it and it should be fine.

Answer 7

Yes and it came in handy making frosting for a cake once, it calledfor 2 eggs and I didn't have any chicken eggs. I used quail eggs instead.

Answer 8

yes, but i live in the country. the wind blew the nest down. i could walk right under the nest with the mother bird in it. it was a barn swallow.

Answer 9

Yes, it laid eggs in our mailbox and by law we couldnt move them. So we had to get another mailbox until those birds where gone.

Answer 10

Yes, she just wants a good home for her chicks Dont nock down th nest!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 11

no not that i know of anyway and if they have and i knew it i would have help them hatch.