i destroyed a birds nest that was scaring me and my guests.

r/

So to start off I do feel bad about all of this, but to explain things beforehand I work long night shifts, tend to go in around 11-12 am and not get home till around 11-12pm every night 5-7 days a week and I’ve been having heart and anxiety issues prior to all this bird nonsense so I’ve been trying to limit every bit of stress and anxiety that I can within my power to do so like my doctors have been telling me to do.
Now the past 3+ weeks I have this bird that decided it wanted to build a nest directly above the door and underneath the awning to enter my house which usually I don’t care about cause I’ve had birds nest AROUND my awning before and it wouldn’t be that bad if it weren’t for the case that I cant see it until I’m directly below it and all I hear is wing flaps metal clang and it swoops at me, or anyone else that tries to enter if it’s there, every single night I get home from work and it isn’t just a “run away” fly either cause it would circle around me for 3-4 seconds or so then fly away to the same branch on our tree out front and wait. There’s nights where it wouldn’t be up in its nest when I get home but I’m still covering my head and face just to walk up my own steps to my own house because of a bird protecting its home on my home.
I was constantly stressing every night whether or not the bird would be there when I got home from work and if it’s waiting for me to try and get into my house and it was causing me to have anxiety induced chest pains/palpitations every time I walked to my front door because my stress/anxiety would go up causing my heart to start acting up.
So last Saturday right before Easter, cause I didn’t want it to circle or swoop any guests plus it scared me for the last time I was willing to deal with the night prior, I decided to finally put an end to being fearful at my own house entrance for the birds sake and took their nest down, grabbed a stick from the pile I have for fire wood and knocked it into a bucket and put it at the opposite end of the house near some bushes and the past 3 nights I haven’t dealt with anything bird related for the first time in over 3 weeks and I’m able to walk to my door with my eyes fully open and not having to cover my face or think about if that bird is waiting for me or not.
I know it’s terrible and I do feel bad cause it was just protecting its home but in the same sense I’m doing the same thing and for my own health cause it wasnt good for my heart constantly stressing every night especially after working 10-12 hour shifts.

Comments

  1. ODCreature98 Avatar

    I mean, there’s probably someone you can call to relocate the nest, but that bird’s literally asking for it