Birds can be very sneaky mfs

Posted by Nerooooooooooo@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 9 comments

So I picked up an empty trailer to get loader and as I go to check my 5th wheel I see this nest attached to the trailer by clay. I’m not a bird person but whatever bird it is is sneaky af.

(At first I thought of taking the eggs home and fry em. Jokes)

I Sat the nest with the eggs on a short tree nearby, hopefully mama bird finds her babies.

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We have about 15 flatbeds in the back of our yard and they all have a little service hole in the fifth wheel trailer plate that gets blocked when you back a truck up to it. It seems like the perfect bird house when you’re a bird and it’s the weekend and you don’t know how trucks work…. I feel so bad for them.

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atticthump@reddit

These look like robin eggs, which means you violated the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. There's actually some pretty serious fines and potential prison time that comes with that. Legally you can put the trailer OOS, your company can't force you to disturb the nest.

The bird will probably not return to the nest, if it can even find it. Not that you meant to, but you doomed these eggs.

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BriskManeuver@reddit

So what you in for

Eggs

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External_Result_8560@reddit

Believe it or not, straight to jail

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itsaheem@reddit

stowaways!

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cnash@reddit

I Sat the nest with the eggs on a short tree nearby, hopefully mama bird finds her babies.

I'm sorry, but she won't. I found a nest like this on a preloaded trailer once, saw the parent birds— robins— make a run for it, and made sure they saw how I moved the nest to a fork in a tree about ten feet away.

They didn't understand what had happened. All while I was throwing straps, they kept flying back to look at where the nest had been, chirping in dismay. They never looked at where I moved the nest to; raccoons probably ate the eggs.

The only real consolation for them is, if they're not spending all their energy feeding chicks, maybe they'll have better chances of making it through the winter to try again next year.

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Lopsided-Bath-8404@reddit

Haha 🤣 I love this wow

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homucifer666@reddit

You've got the green eggs; now you need the green ham. 😛

Careful about setting that nest too low to the ground. Even if you won't eat it, some local animal might get an easy lunch.

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mctwiddle@reddit

breakfast is served