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sorry, I can't figure out how to post pic of my little nest. I had forgotten why it is that I don't post here. NOW I REMEMBER!

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Here is a link that might be useful: old or new nest?

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Here is a link that might be useful: practice upload of nest

I live up north, so I don't know about your birding down south. Do they have babies this time of year? Around here in Indiana, they usually stop by late August. Just watch the nest for a day or 2 and if nobody shows up, I'd say you're safe to cut it back.

I'll do as you recommend. thanks.

Nesting season is long over, even in the south. Your nest looks like it might be that of a mockingbird, but am not positive. It looks a bit messy and twiggy to be a robin's.

thank you all for your comments. Mockingbird is a good guess, I have a lot of those. I ended up trimming my rose and discarding the nest. But I do have one last rose to trim and that one, too, has a next. I will keep that one, as an experiment.