Expert: Roger Lederer - 5/12/2010

Question
QUESTION: We live in Florida, and for the past 5 years or longer a pair of Wrren's have tried building a nest in our garage, and this time they succeeded, and have laid 3 eggs, the location is right by the door in our garage that we go from our garage into our home, it is on a moveable shelve,the nest is facing west in a cubby square, do you think if we turned the shelve so that the nest was closer to the garage door ( facing east ) and not to our door going into our home, would she find the nest, and continue to nest or would she abandon the nest?  every time we open our door to go out to our garage, she leaves and then comes back later, but i don't want to scare her and she abandon the eggs.  

Thanks for your advise.

ANSWER: You are correct; if you scare her too many times she will abandon the nest or young. Answer - you can move the nest a couple of feet, but no more than that, and things should be fine.

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QUESTION: The bench - shelves are about 4 feet long, if we flip it, will she find it?  or should i put it in a pot on top of the shelf?  

Thanks for your help

Answer
Flip it? I presume you mean it will be 4 feet away? Don't change the situation any more than you have to. Move it but don't put it in a pot. The more similar it looks to the original set up the better? I can't guarantee she will continue with the nest, but I think she will.