I have a Robin building its nest in my greenhouse. Surely this will be too warm in the sunny months to come.?
Question:Should I discourage it?
Answers:
I think I would discourage it if it has only started. It seems cruel but as you said - it will be far too hot in there for the young to survive. Perhaps you could put a robin nest box up somewhere near to the greenhouse and it might not be too late for the robin to use it instead. I think they should be facing northeast or southeast in the UK. South-facing are too warm and north-facing too cold.
I would. How is it getting into your greenhouse? I thought they were all completely enclosed in glass to keep the heat/humidity in?
Once a Robin build its nest. Let it go. The baby birds grow up in one week and their gone.
Let nature take its path
If you don't mind it being there, leave it alone, if it's too hot, it won't do it again, it's not like you're going to be able to explain that to it.
If birds have not raised their young in your greenhouse before probably would be a good idea to tear it out until the robin moves on. There are plenty of places for the robin to build. They do sometimes build their nest on man made platforms with a roof. You can probably find plans on the internet.
Tony guesses the length of incubation period as "Twelve to thirteen days, but since there was a frost the night before Mrs. Robin started incubating, I'd say thirteen for her."
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/c...
......Just a Guess.......
2 or 3 weeks of training time from mama bird you have maybe a 4 or 5 week period.
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.....The real Issue is .....
Does mama bird understand the workings of mother nature. Of course. So in all probability the bird knows better than us what she needs and wants.
Just sit back and enjoy the baby birds yet to come. and make sure all have access to get outside.
No, in about 2-3 weeks they will be gone, long before it gets to hot. Enjoy them while you can.
come the summer she wont be there
No, just make sure there is water easily available for the mummy bird as she is going to be busy for a couple of weeks.
Make sure the door never gets shut on her and if you are still worried you could hang some shade netting on the outside of the glass.
Buy some of those yukky worms they like an sit back and enjoy it, besides, you don't want a neighbour reporting you to the RSPCA do you?
leave them be
No.
No. leave it there but when it gets hot leave the door open and it might fly away and stay away.
No, we had one build in our garage which did get hot in summer but she had her babies and they survived.don't you just feel good knowing you've been chosen? They recognise the area by the things left outside it when they first made the nest, so please don't change anything.
No. Leave it alone. It knows what it is doing.
No. They will be gone long before the temperatures become harmful. They only use the nest during reproduction which only lasts at most a month. Once the babies are old enough to fly they move on.
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