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On the other hand, the raccoon was glad to have the high-protein crunchy snack.
Bah! Time for some country justice! He needs a good old fashioned beat down for that one. Poor birdies!
On that note, I once found a bird's nest next to the 7th hole on a miniature golf course (on the ground, immediately outside the brick enclave that kept the balls on the 'green'). The momma bird was quite irate that all these people kept showing up and banging balls around her babies. We felt so bad for her and attempted to avoid her nest as much as possible, but man, can you imagine a worse place to build a nest?
Orange - I'm sure it was! I don't know why the jerk didn't put out a little pan of water, too, so the raccoon could wash the eggs before he ate them.
We have 3, count 'em 3, birdie homeowners in the overhang of our back porch. Each one has a family of peeps living in it now. Seemed like a good idea, but of course we're pissing them off every time we go out the back door or try to eat outside this summer. Not to mention the poop factor. Didn't think about that part on the patio furniture either! LOL
Call the cops! (Who are the bird cops?)
http://library.fws.gov/Bird_Publ...ns/
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We have a magnolia tree next to the deck. Last year the Robin family built a nest and raised babies just low enough that my kids could bother them nonstop. One time there was a storm and they found a baby bird on the ground. The kids got my husband to put the baby back in the nest. I'm not sure about that common wisdom about parent birds being able to smell humans if we touch the babies. I used to have parakeets and a conure and I read a lot about birds at the time. They don't really have a strong sense of smell.
The fair thing to do would be to move this guy's house while he's at work. Just for one night, you know. Then put it back. I don't suppose the other parents would be willing to take up a collection or something to finance this particular brand of justice?
Love the idea of moving his house. What a jerk.
On the other hand, that video was seriously cute.
Just one more reason uteruses are so handy. Poor birdies.
Is there a high volunteer factor in Chris's school? I think the stupid mover dad needs to co-teach a little seminar on birds and why we don't touch or move their nests, eggs, fledglings etc. Of course he'll probably ask to serve Peeps as a mid-seminar snack and will move the children since they'll be IN HIS WAY while he teaches.
That makes so little sense. It was probably the people who were so interested in the nest who were in his way. Stupid women, trying to teach their kids about nature. Don't they know he's trying to get to WORK?!
I thought the people who leave their Escalades running while dropping off were bad. It's against the rules! And wasteful! And also 60 degrees outside!
Although I did call security on the woman who was smoking.
that man is weird and rude. grrr.
Some of those other raccoon videos are adorable on YouTube. Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a...h?
v=aJZMunpgOtI
The cat's all "dude, put down the F*ing camera already and SAVE MY FOOD! What good is pretending to be domesticated for thousands of years if you let any wild masked bandit take my kibble?"
and one wonders what having not touched the eggs with his hands had to do with anything... he needs a swift kick to the nuts.
No, most songbirds don't have much sense of smell at all and won't give a rip if you've touched their babies. Raptors are an entirely different matter, though.
I am so angry at that man. WTF?
Also, I love "?????" as a verb.
flea, for some reason, your embedded video seems to have been removed. I found another copy here.
(And what the hell would a raccoon want with a floor mat? What next -- the fluffy toilet seat cover?)
My grandmother has a dog door leading to her kitchen, and at least once she's come downstairs to find a raccoon on her table, peaceably eating some fruit out of the nice wooden bowl she so thoughtfully put out. I find it both charming and disgusting that she most likely ate the fruit later if the raccoon dropped it. (It's just a little bite, she says; I cut off the bitten part!)
While I like raccoons, I don't like people who feed them bird eggs. Ass hat!
I'm with Badger, move the bastard's house...and his car. But don't put them back. Just put an empty nest where they used to be.
I worked in a wildlife rehab facility and the vast majority of North American birds have very little olfactory sense. Turkey Vultures are the exception and have a highly developed sense of smell.
Wow. What an ass. Sheesh
"I don't know why the jerk didn't put out a little pan of water, too, so the raccoon could wash the eggs before he ate them."
Funny, any time I have scotch eggs, I find they're served with a pint of stout.
Go ahead and hate me for that 
because now I'm going to wax aesthetic. Isn't it crazy how instinct can drive birds to do that whole crazy nesting thing? For all the crazy parenting things that humans do, I look at that picture of that nest and realize, my God, that bird draws off some universal font of wherewithal I don't know anything about. I could never throw together something that sophisticated out of scraps, except for my tax returns, and that's only because the IRS provides the forms and instructions.
Mad props to all the parents out there. You are amazing! I hope you get more baby animals -- remembering the baby hamsters (including a future pet) that were born in my 4th grade class, that is one helluva teachable moment. God willing, you get fewer @$$holes in the future!
I hope that that terrible man is SHUNNED, severely, by all the mothers and that he is so ashamed that he rethinks his entire life and becomes a monk, placing his child for adoption with some parents who will teach the child how to properly respect other living things.
That man is a total idiot who needs to mind his own nest.
Raccoons are cute, but I learned a few years ago that they carry diseases that are not so cute. Their feces carries a roundworm (B. Procynois) that is lethal to humans and canines when ingested. So, all those people that think it's cute when raccoons eat their dogs kibble or when they come in the house and steal food, really need to think again. The video was adorable though.
Sorry, I spelled it wrong. It's B. procyonis
It was in his way?! He put it on the GROUND?!?
What an unbelievable self-centered and incredibly stupid thing to do. I really hope that guy languishes in the 6th level of hell for a few eternities to contemplate his stupidity.
Some people don't deserve the space they take up on this planet.
Buh.
I know, it's infuriating, isn't it? It was a total random act of assholery. And those are the worst!
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