Our cats only get to go outside on the weekends when my husband and I
are off work.  Outside, off the dining room windows I've got a double
decker potted plant shelf I fashioned last summer from a couple of 6'
boards I drilled holes at the ends of, some knotted rope, and a couple
of very strong hooks to hang the thing from the eave. It hangs
directly above our open 2 man kayak that's upside down on a stand.

There are three fairly good sized potted plants on each shelf, which I
let the frost get to last winter :(  so are all but dead  now.  Well,
a couple of doves (I'm guessing newlyweds) decided to build their nest
in the potted plant on one of the ends of the top shelf.  Ok now,
right directly inside the house between the windows and our dining
table is the tall cat tree, so of course the cats knew about the dove
nest way before we did.

Here it is, saturday morning and the cats are all lined up by the cat
flap waiting for me to lift the 'no exit/entry panel' off so they can
go outside to immediately become lions and tigers.  I was hoping the
transformation would make them forget about the nest, and it did - for
about 5 minutes.  First, Sheba making herself virtually invisible
darts across the patio, the grass, and on to the kayak.  Then Darla,
Bobby, and Marley Ann - with me, going in-between each
cat.........er.........lion/tiger, to remove it back to the inside of
the house.  I closed the panel, and retrieved the other cats who were
still oblivious to the nest from the transformation and put them
inside the house too.

Now what?  The cats want to go outside.  They're already starting to
squabble amongst themselves  and are playing "Slap You In The Face"
with each other.  Louie is terrorizing the girls as if the whole thing
is their fault, DH is still sleeping, and the Texas Wildlife
Rehabilitaion Coalition isn't open to tell me if I can safely move the
nest/dead plant to a spot where the doves won't abandon it, yet safe
from the cats.  (Wherever that might be)

I'm totally open to suggestions.

-bonbon