It was not but 5 days ago that I got rid of a bird nest on the front porch.
I had to wait until the 3 babies were full grown and flew away.

A pair of finches are using our front porch ledge to nest, and, they dump nonstop all the way left and right along the sidewalk.
I had to spray to clean it off, then 5 days ago I removed the nest.

Yesterday, we discovered the two birds had rebuilt the nest, and now it has eggs in it.
It's the dark spot up in the corner.

NOOOO! More time and waste!

Would you remove the nest and toss the eggs?
That's my question, leave them alone or be a murderer?

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Leave em.

Make a little poop catcher and hang it under the nest.

I would chase them off. I had some persistent scissor tails building a nest under our porch years ago. I would hose off their nest every day. Finally, I cleaned off the siding and sprayed some silicone spray lube. They couldn't get their nest stuff to stick to it and left.

Hose the nest off. They will find someplace else to build. Bird poop is filthy nasty.

do like Bob says..live and let live

If they eat mosquitos, flies, snakes, or wasps, they live.

I faced the same dilemma. I pulled the nest, killed the babies and hosed off where the nest was. They started a rebuild in another corner and I hosed it off. Haven't been back in awhile so i'm not sure where I'm at with them now.

JR

Very bad luck.
Leave them be.

The problems is that there are "new eggs" already in the nest.

I like nesting birds, but not where we sit and walk.

I'll ask the others in the house and see what they say, or maybe not.
I'll just decide on my own.

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This absolutely

I can see this is a very divisive topic.

I cannot stand walking outside and seeing bird waste on the sidewalk and chairs.

This is where I take my senior parents out on nice days, which is daily.

I think I may have made my decision.

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Yep, that poop is insects mostly. I leave the swallows alone on the porch, they eat more mosquitoes than martins. I hate mud daubers but they keep the spiders in check.

Is a poop catcher under the nest not an option?

Leave them be

A scooper for two finches?

No, a scooper is NOT an option.

Thanks for the responses.
I do love Mother Nature and all God's creatures...

...except pigs, rodents and monkeys!

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Get you a big concrete owl and put it on the porch and no birds will come back....