Spring will be here in the blink of an eye. [View all]

I came across this old picture today. Every year, for probably the past 20 years, there is a nest in the motion light over my back deck. Either mourning doves or robins. Without fail. The birds like it there. I've had to reinstall different motion lights there over the years, but they still keep coming back to that spot.

They get used to the traffic in and out the door. The nest will be about 2 feet away from your head when you exit the door, and they won't flee.

Especially the mourning doves. They are very calm. It takes the robins a bit longer to settle from the foot traffic, but they eventually do. For the first few days, the mama robins will flee the nest and perch on the fence about 15 feet away, until you leave.

If it is not obvious from my posts...I love birds. With this particular nest, I sometimes get on a step stool and count the babies when the mother vacates the nest for a few minutes.

Related...there is a row of large pine trees across the street where I live. I was walking the dog among the trees, and there was a nest laying on the ground, filled with immature cedar waxwings. Something had gotten to the nest, and mama was deceased on the ground nearby.

I managed to find a wildlife rehabilitator about 20 miles away who accepted the babies. I took them there and called sometime later to check on them. I was told the babies made it and were freed.

Think Spring.