Charles went into the shed today & told me that "our" local Carolina wren pair's 2nd brood has hatched. It must have been pretty recent; they're very small & still featherless with closed eyes. From what I understand, these wrens will not reuse an old nest (which explains why we saw them bringing in new materials a few weeks ago.) If that's the case, the wrens must have dismantled & discarded the old nest, because this nest is in the same spot (in the folds of our tent, again.)3 are clearly visible in this photo (counting beaks.) I'm sure there are more (facing toward the back,) but I didn't want to disturb them anymore than I already had.
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Very cool. I'm pretty sure that is the old nest but it looks like it's been freshly lined with new material.
I guess they found a nice safe spot.
love it, thx lana
your book is great, btw....
That is amazing.
It also triggers a memory -- 8th grade Biology class, me and Dana Johnsrude erasing pictures of eyeballs in the textbook and making them huge, like a young chick's. We thought it hilarious at the time. Better than dissecting a frog, certainly! We couldn't stop laughing and were sent to the princiapl's office.
Our science teacher: "Big Bill Sink was a man, a Big Man. As big as a tree, He knew everything from A to B."
Kids those days!
That's so exciting! Scott and I spotted a nest in the apple tree in our yard this weekend. I have no idea whose nest it is or if there's anything in it or even what kind of bird it belongs to. We have a ton of Robins around here though. Any ideas on how to figure it out?
Sweet!
Oh Lana, this is so sweet! Watch them like a hawk though. I had fly catchers rearing their young some years ago and suddenly one day the nest was empty. A predator had raided the nest in the night. It was so sad.
Charles; It's cool. We're going to have to get that tent out after this bunch for Fall camping, though!
Travis; Exactly. Safe, shady, dry, soft & close to food.
Laughingwolf; Glad to hear it! :)
Erik; Those were the days, eh? I can almost imagine those pictures...
Lisa; Not really...Not w/o observing the nest to see who comes & goes.
Marvin; Agreed. :)
Monique; We accept that nature is red in tooth & claw, actually. Everything has its niche in the large scheme of things (except squirrels...evil, nasty, theiving rat b@$t@rd$!)
LISA, before Katrina, I had a field guide to birds' nests. I have no idea whether it's still in print. It was part of the Peterson field guide series, I think.
Lana, aren't you glad YOU aren't the one to have to fill those greedy little mouths?
Shauna; Actually I've raised baby birds from this state before (& really enjoyed it.) Anything for the birds (nothing for the thieving, RB squirrels!)
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