How do I keep birds from nesting in my hanging baskets?

Personally, I think this would be so cool to have a nest in my flowers! (As long as they'd let me water....). I'm a woodland creature person, and love ALL the aspects of a garden, plant area. Just a thought. Sometimes we need to change our perspective to find a wonderful solution.

Yes BUT No! I want to enjoy my flowers. I only have just a couple personal outdoor hanging plants per year. The day I set my plants out, Mother’s Day the birds take over and Im done because I don’t want to disturb the birds that take them over. I rather they nest elsewhere. Hence my reason on here is to find best alternate to keep the nests out.

I LOVE birds (feed them, bird houses bird baths etc) , but had this problem last year with wrens. Almost killed my hanging basket (which I lovingly wintered over from the year before) . WE also did not want to use the patio as it scared them. If they have already laid eggs, leave them alone. But this year I caught them before they finished. I cleaned out the dried foliage, so it was more "see though" space- and pulled out all their moss they had put in. I added more soil. So far they have not come back. And I think for this year in my geographic area they have their nesting areas by now.

I’m currently trying large plastic straws crisscrossing within my ferns

How can I water a flower hanging pot if there is a birds nest in the pot

Believe me dont let them nest Bird mites got into my home last year a nightmare! I am using tin foil and anything else Noooooo thank you

If your hanging baskets don't provide much cover, birds may be less inclined to nest there. You might also try planting tall variety white cosmos nearby. Birds apparently view white as a danger signal. It kept them far away from my porch area!

We used tin foil laid flat in our baskets. It acts like a mirror, and when they see a bird, they move on.

Aluminum foil laid on the soil so that the birds see themselves in the reflection and fly away

Try pinecones or aluminum foil. Another person had a bird problem where they would build a nest in her door wreathe, to solve this she used plastic strips (clear) to crisscross her wreath blocking the birds.

Set tooth picks in the soil sticking up so it won't be so enticing for birds to sit on.

Put something shiny nearby or in the plant. Old compact discs or sticks wrapped in aluminum foil will detract birds. Shiny pinwheels that move in the wind is a great deterrent.

Soak a cotton ball in ammonia, and put it in the planter. The birds won't like the smell, and won't nest there.

Place 3 or 4 mothballs on top of the soil in the plant, and the birds will stay away.

Put a plastic snake in the plant. Birds will not nest where they think snakes are.