[Marci MN]

My husband and I were loading cotton wood bark into the fish house for safe keeping when outside the door I could hear a momma Robin getting upset. I had to look to see what was bothering her. We were too close to her nest. Then I had a good chuckle when I seen WHERE she had her nest. I had to run get my camera.

Theres four lil ones packed tightly into that nest. And we have a good gusty wind going on today. Amazing how its staying where she built it.

Enjoy.

[Callynne]

Marci, thanks for sharing those great pictures, I can't believe that's where she built her nest!

Hubby has an old buffalo skull (neighbor used to raise them) hanging up outside his 'hunting room' and every year a robin builds a nest there. I thought that was an unusual place but at least it's protected from the elements by the deck above it. Your Momma Robin certainly is a brave one! Thanks for sharing! Deborah

[wade clark]

Cute!
I had one try to build her nest on the steps of my tractor one spring. I had to use the tractor to feed cattle every morning and there was no way she could have a nest there, so I'd take it off and move it somewhere else. The next morning she'd have it just about built again. that went on for 10 days before she gave up. Don't know if she built elsewhere or if the urge passed. I felt bad about it, but those cows would have felt bad if I quit feeding them over a robin's nest!
Wade

[Marci MN]

Funny you should mention that one Wade. We had a robin build a nest on the tire of the tractor. We tried for a few days to discourage her..but she won in the end. Eggs were in there before we could move it out again. We just put off plowing the bottom garden since it wasnt a dire thing to do at the time. They sure pick the darndest places.

[Anthony Filetti]

Marci,
For the uninitiated like myself, what is a "fish house"? Do you raise fish?

[Marci MN]

Hi Rocket

Nope, I dont raise fish. I wish I could tho.

The fish house is the ice fishing house we built six years ago. Its a 8 x 16 house on wheels. We have a furnace, three burner stove, lights, and a fold down bed in there for staying out on the ice over night or for a few days. We have 6 holes cut into the floor with fold down lids on them. In the summer time we use it for storage to keep things dry. And I had two large garbage bags full of cotton wood bark I put in there so I can just grab a few pieces at a time to carve on.

We will also use it as a 'guest' house if we need too.

[whitecree]

And to think my cousin and I used to just wrap a big tarp around a couple of 2x4s for an ice fishing shack.



I dunno if you could call that robin smart. Gutsy, perhaps.

[Marci MN]

lol Whitecree, I'm spoiled. I've had my tarp days when I was younger. But now I can drive out to the ice, let the man set up for fishing, turn the furnace on, and I can crawl back into bed and sleep. I'm not a morning person and 5 am is too early to get up and out in -30 degree weather. Then when I get up I'll make breakfast of eggs and bacon or pancakes. Then after my eyes are opened I'll set up to go fishing myself... LOL Or I cheat and just set up the wall reels and read a book or do some crafting.

[Anthony Filetti]

...aghhhhhh, i just never heard it referred to that...thanks.