Saw Bird

I have this chop saw which I use occasionally.  It sometimes sits idle for weeks, but when I need it, I need it.  I went to use it the other day only to discover that a local small mother bird had re-purposed it to her own requirements.  I guess it seemed like a nice safe place to make a nest.  It was under cover, out of the rain and had this nice pocketed shape to hold a nest.  When I discovered her efforts, she had already laid four small eggs in the nest.  I hate when stuff like this happens.  I like the birds and I am happy to share my 25 acres of forest with them.  Of all the many, many places she could have made her nest, she chose one of the few places which intersected with my activities.  I really had no choice.  I needed to use the saw.  So I carefully extracted the nest from the saw and placed it, eggs and all, on a nice protected shelf not 4 feet from its original location.  My hope was that the little bird-brain would find that acceptable and continue her reproductive activity from this new place.  Unfortunately, this was apparently too much for her and she abandoned the nest, eggs and all.

The mother bird peers at me as I approach her nest.

The nest is nicely tucked into my saw.

Four little eggs.