A House Finch Nest in a wreath, by Donna Ulloa of Malborough CT. House Finches rarely use nestboxes. This nest was abandoned. See more information on Cavity-Nester Nest and Egg Identification (descriptions, photo album and relative sizes of eggs.)
Nests, eggs, young and adults of native birds are protected by law. Even if they chose to nest in inconvenient locations, it is illegal to disturb an active nest without a permit.
You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you will exterminate the species as surely as if you had shot it. So conservation means that [we] have to preserve forest and grassland, river and lake, even the sea itself. This is vital not only for the preservation of animal life generally, but for the future existence of man himself—a point that seems to escape many people.
-Gerald Durrell, The Nature Conservancy
