Bluebird house ?

[Rivernut]

Tree timmers nknocked down a bird house that had newly hatched Bluebirds in it. The babies are at the bottom of the house, nest is up against the wall. I do know that human scent on bird eggs can turn the adults away. Does anyone have any suggestions, other than letting nature take its course. By the way, the mother has still been going in and out.THANKS.

[bigyooper]

Rivernut,

This is what our Ornithologist (person who studies birds) said to do:

Human scent on birds does NOT turn the adults away--that's in baby mammals

like rabbits and squirrels. THe best thing to do is to secure the nest

somewhere as close to the original site as possible. If the parents are

still going in and out, everything may turn out perfectly okay unless one

or more of the babies sustained internal injuries in the fall.

[Rivernut]

Thanks for the info. Do you think I should take off the top, Straighten out the nest and see what happens? Thanks. It took me 3 years to get the birds to nest.

[bigyooper]

I would make it usable, I would just get it up in a hurry.

you don't want the birds to leave the area.

[Rivernut]

Appreciate the info, Thanks.