My boyfriend said “your plant is giving life to four birds” and now I’m all sentimental over my bird family🥹 RIP to the plant, I can’t bring myself to water it
My boyfriend said “your plant is giving life to four birds” and now I’m all sentimental over my bird family🥹 RIP to the plant, I can’t bring myself to water it
just water it away from the nest with a bottle or something
ThrowawayCult-ure
really cool. hope they do well
FuckkAlexx
U can still water and not harm the babies. We do at my job we water the plants beside the nest trying not to harm the eggs or nest plus they also get rained on at times so it won’t harm them non !
StrangeQuark1221
congrats on the new family lol, you should take a cutting of the plant to start somewhere else
crazzymomma
Awww, good luck to the birds and the plant.
Hairy-Accountant8798
How cute
If you really don’t want to water you could take cuttings
Bechimo
Go ahead and water, they like the coverage the plant gives. Cooler & safer.
SpacklingCumFart
Just water it, it wont hurt the nest or eggs. Nest in the wild get rain.
Underground_turtles
I lost a boston fern like this in the spring. I just didn’t have the heart to drown them 🙁
Superb-Bus-326
Water it! They need a thriving pothos kingdom to hatch into
Professional-Lab1406
Do you know what bird species is is?
DanniTiger
You should be able to water it a bit plus it could give the eggs more cover of protection
okaycomputes
even a desert species of bird is fine with eggs getting wet. go for it!
shes_your_lobster
They have bottom watering saucers that you hook on hanging plants- that way babies still get their shade protection!
NoAntelope5346
What do you think happens to all the nests out in the wild when it rains?? lol
One-plankton-
Check the federal migratory bird act before you go near the nest. It’s illegal to do a lot of things when a nest is found in the US.
SkiSTX
Rain is a thing.
Fanabala3
Four little birds…. Outside my doorstep
oksmartyplants
I have a house finch nest in my Boston fern right now and I just bottom water so the nest doesn’t get wet. Mama bird flies off when I come outside and comes back when I hang it back up.
motherlymetal
I hope you do water it. The foliage is a protectant for the nest.
louielou8484
Please still water it! 🙂 We have had the mama and dad bird the past two summers (not this one and I am so sad) have babies in our hanging flower pots. We watered them as normal and absolutely no issue at all. They all had adorable successful fledglings.. It’s just like it’s raining! They will be better covered and protected if you don’t let the plant die.
Actually, the year before the same mom and dad built a nest in our fake wreath that hangs against our glass patio door. So we could see everything going on. Then evil crows came by and destroyed the nest after I watched so many countless nights of mama sleeping over the eggs in the cold (it was spring and still frigid at night) and I was absolutely devastated. There was one living egg which mom abandoned, so I brought it in, as it was in the 40s some days. I bought an incubator and was able to keep it alive for a week when it passed away 🙁 I cried for what felt like weeks.
I do believe I was blessed the next two years of getting to see their new families for trying to save the only living baby.
I did not mean to type all of that!! It still just breaks my heart what happened to those eggs and I’ve never written it our anywhere.
Gayfunguy
Dark-eyed juncos!!!! Wow they think your plant is vegetation on the ground! You can water that and they would like the contiued cover. They are ground nesting birds.
Marigold_Dust
That’s an absolutely gorgeous nest though! Looks like a fairy princess nest! Any idea which type of bird eggs they are?
Ill-Marionberry9177
When the parents are away you could discretely and carefully try to cut enough to get a few nodes and propagate a new sentimental plant to keep 🙂
MzDarkChocolate1
The water will not kill the eggs just water on another side
T4Tracy2
As much as I love my plants, if a bird made a nest in it, I wouldn’t be upset either.
mrapplewhite
Just had this happen to an orchid on the outside of my greenhouse. Don’t worry the birds dip pretty fast after the babies hatch maybe 6-10 days tops depending on the birds
TxHuny
What about bottom watering ? Just a little ??
kubb_t
Please keep an eye out for bird mites. We had birds nest in a hanging fern on our front porch, needless to say it was covered in them and so was I.
kkfluff
Could you water it by sticking a straw under the nest and into the dirt and water it slowly?
OGLikeablefellow
Bottom water it!
uglyschmuckling
Still water the plant! Either bottom water or find a way to get water in without flooding the eggs. Maybe you could even gently work your fingers under the nest and lift up the slightest bit if watering is completely inaccessible.
Bath_Squatch
We just had a clutch of finches in a hanging fern. Water it! More coverage that way too.
BarfMacklin
Water that shit!!
Yashiro-3
OP, please reply saying that you watered the plant! 🥹🥹🥹
olov244
Water around/below the nest
fiendishthingysaurus
Carolina wrens I bet anything
Comprehensive-Sand56
Def water that thing. I just co-parented a nest of house finches in the hanging ferns on my porch. Nests are made to get wet. I would suggest angling the hose away form the nest and using a gentle pressure. Better yet, take it down to bottom water it and pop it back up. No harm done.
andyjustice
Might even help keep the mites and stuff away
batmanandcheryl
My philodendran just had a Carolina Wren make a nest and have her babies! They only stayed for about 2 weeks after birth, so once the babes hatched, I left the plant alone, with no water but rain like twice. My plant is pretty hardy and actually thrives when I forget she exists, so once they left I put on gloves and cleaned out the nest. Hung her back up, and now, a month or so later, she’s doing great!
AmazingFeast
U must give water to its roots
KrimxonRath
Birds have survived millions of years building nests and living in nature… aka in the wind, sun… and **rain**.
Water that plant??? Why kill their home?
Captmurph
Waltuh
Careful_Ad_3510
Maybe take a few cuttings
bcbump
The same thing happened to my hanging plant and I didn’t want to water it. Unfortunately the babies hatched and were immediately eaten by crows 😭. I suggest watering for safety.
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It’s an eggplant!
Haha. Ha.
just water it away from the nest with a bottle or something
really cool. hope they do well
U can still water and not harm the babies. We do at my job we water the plants beside the nest trying not to harm the eggs or nest plus they also get rained on at times so it won’t harm them non !
congrats on the new family lol, you should take a cutting of the plant to start somewhere else
Awww, good luck to the birds and the plant.
How cute
If you really don’t want to water you could take cuttings
Go ahead and water, they like the coverage the plant gives. Cooler & safer.
Just water it, it wont hurt the nest or eggs. Nest in the wild get rain.
I lost a boston fern like this in the spring. I just didn’t have the heart to drown them 🙁
Water it! They need a thriving pothos kingdom to hatch into
Do you know what bird species is is?
You should be able to water it a bit plus it could give the eggs more cover of protection
even a desert species of bird is fine with eggs getting wet. go for it!
They have bottom watering saucers that you hook on hanging plants- that way babies still get their shade protection!
What do you think happens to all the nests out in the wild when it rains?? lol
Check the federal migratory bird act before you go near the nest. It’s illegal to do a lot of things when a nest is found in the US.
Rain is a thing.
Four little birds…. Outside my doorstep
I have a house finch nest in my Boston fern right now and I just bottom water so the nest doesn’t get wet. Mama bird flies off when I come outside and comes back when I hang it back up.
I hope you do water it. The foliage is a protectant for the nest.
Please still water it! 🙂 We have had the mama and dad bird the past two summers (not this one and I am so sad) have babies in our hanging flower pots. We watered them as normal and absolutely no issue at all. They all had adorable successful fledglings.. It’s just like it’s raining! They will be better covered and protected if you don’t let the plant die.
Actually, the year before the same mom and dad built a nest in our fake wreath that hangs against our glass patio door. So we could see everything going on. Then evil crows came by and destroyed the nest after I watched so many countless nights of mama sleeping over the eggs in the cold (it was spring and still frigid at night) and I was absolutely devastated. There was one living egg which mom abandoned, so I brought it in, as it was in the 40s some days. I bought an incubator and was able to keep it alive for a week when it passed away 🙁 I cried for what felt like weeks.
I do believe I was blessed the next two years of getting to see their new families for trying to save the only living baby.
I did not mean to type all of that!! It still just breaks my heart what happened to those eggs and I’ve never written it our anywhere.
Dark-eyed juncos!!!! Wow they think your plant is vegetation on the ground! You can water that and they would like the contiued cover. They are ground nesting birds.
That’s an absolutely gorgeous nest though! Looks like a fairy princess nest! Any idea which type of bird eggs they are?
When the parents are away you could discretely and carefully try to cut enough to get a few nodes and propagate a new sentimental plant to keep 🙂
The water will not kill the eggs just water on another side
As much as I love my plants, if a bird made a nest in it, I wouldn’t be upset either.
Just had this happen to an orchid on the outside of my greenhouse. Don’t worry the birds dip pretty fast after the babies hatch maybe 6-10 days tops depending on the birds
What about bottom watering ? Just a little ??
Please keep an eye out for bird mites. We had birds nest in a hanging fern on our front porch, needless to say it was covered in them and so was I.
Could you water it by sticking a straw under the nest and into the dirt and water it slowly?
Bottom water it!
Still water the plant! Either bottom water or find a way to get water in without flooding the eggs. Maybe you could even gently work your fingers under the nest and lift up the slightest bit if watering is completely inaccessible.
We just had a clutch of finches in a hanging fern. Water it! More coverage that way too.
Water that shit!!
OP, please reply saying that you watered the plant! 🥹🥹🥹
Water around/below the nest
Carolina wrens I bet anything
Def water that thing. I just co-parented a nest of house finches in the hanging ferns on my porch. Nests are made to get wet. I would suggest angling the hose away form the nest and using a gentle pressure. Better yet, take it down to bottom water it and pop it back up. No harm done.
Might even help keep the mites and stuff away
My philodendran just had a Carolina Wren make a nest and have her babies! They only stayed for about 2 weeks after birth, so once the babes hatched, I left the plant alone, with no water but rain like twice. My plant is pretty hardy and actually thrives when I forget she exists, so once they left I put on gloves and cleaned out the nest. Hung her back up, and now, a month or so later, she’s doing great!
U must give water to its roots
Birds have survived millions of years building nests and living in nature… aka in the wind, sun… and **rain**.
Water that plant??? Why kill their home?
Waltuh
Maybe take a few cuttings
The same thing happened to my hanging plant and I didn’t want to water it. Unfortunately the babies hatched and were immediately eaten by crows 😭. I suggest watering for safety.