# I have a birds nest in my flower pot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090 "2004-06-13T06:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/1 "2004-06-13T06:35:43Z")
It’s the sweetest thing. I’ve seen the birds outside in my hangy plant over the last few days, and I looked today and there’s a little bird’s nest with 3 little blue speckly eggs in there. I’ve tried to look online to see what kind of birds they are, but I’m not having much success finding a good bird website. But I’m curious. I have little questions, while I’m sitting outside with them. How long will they be there? When will they hatch? When will they fly away? Anyway, I had to share this with someone, since I think it’s so darn cute. Anyone else have a bird’s nest story they’d like to share? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/2 "2004-06-13T12:53:41Z")
I have a newspaper box under my mail box. I don’t get a newspaper and a bird has decided to build a nest in there. Every day I come home and get my mail and every day the bird flies out and scares the crap out of me and every day I vow that tomorrow I’ll be prepared. But by the next day I forget… ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/3 "2004-06-13T14:02:20Z")
**LoganDear** , I have a Carolina wren nesting in a hanging basket on my kitchen porch. She has three eggs in there so I’m afraid to water the plant anymore, but everytime I go near the basket she jumps out and scolds me from a nearby tree. I also have a nest of some thrashers in the hedge but I’ve given her a little distance. I wonder how she came through the storms last night. I must investigate today. I’ve been watching birds nesting for a few years. My favorites are killdeers because I love the way the babies walk around as little fluffballs. The whole process takes around a month or so depending on species but I’m not an expert. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/4 "2004-06-13T14:46:02Z")
IIRC robin’s eggs are blue, hence the color name. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/5 "2004-06-13T22:07:06Z")
**Khadaji** and **Cub Mistress** , the bird scares me too everytime I walk out onto my balcony. (I forgive her though) **quiltguy** , I thought it might be a Robin at first, but I don’t think Robin’s eggs have black specks. I could very well be wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/6 "2004-06-13T22:54:19Z")
**LoganDear** , can you give us a description of the bird, and the general area of the country you are in? Is it urban or rural? This could help us to ID what you have. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/7 "2004-06-13T22:54:49Z")
I have a plastic geranium outside my kitchen window (came w/ the house) A few years ago a robin built a nest in the pot. This year a little brown bird built a nest to the side of the old robin nest. I did see one or two little fuzzies a few weeks ago. Checked today and nothing (haven’t seen adult recently either) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/8 "2004-06-13T22:55:35Z")
:smack: If I had troubled to look at you location I could have seen what state you are in. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-birds-nest-in-my-flower-pot/250090/9 "2004-06-14T03:58:29Z")
**Baker** : Yep, that’s right, I’m in Louisiana. In a pretty rural area of Baton Rouge (subdivisions and such). I haven’t got a very good look at the bird, but I did see one out there yesterday that had red on it’s wings (the rest of the bird was dark brown). It was small, but not hummingbird-small. Smaller than the birds I usually see around here. I think there is another one that doesn’t have red on its wings. Hm… speaking of Hummingbirds, someone in my apartment complex has a hummingbird feeder, but I wasn’t aware we even had Hummingbirds in Louisiana. I thought that was more of a mountain thing. There I go being naive again. **Brian** , sounds like your birds left… or, how do they say in birdspeak… ah yes, “migrated.” 😃