Comments on: Nesting Season Part Two http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/ Come in, sit for a spell and read a memoir of living smaller, happier and greener. New posts Monday, Wednesday and Fridays Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deb http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3878 Deb Sun, 30 May 2010 12:07:53 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3878 There is a lamp post between the garage and the house. Years ago it 'caught' a high fly ball, breaking some of the glass. When there was a addition to the house the light switch to the lamp post was put to use for something else, so there's no power to the lamp post. Over the years the ivy was allowed to grow over the top and birds will nest in where there used to be a light bulb. The ivy shades the little hide-away. Without ivy it is too hot to stay in there. There is a lamp post between the garage and the house. Years ago it 'caught' a high fly ball, breaking some of the glass. When there was a addition to the house the light switch to the lamp post was put to use for something else, so there's no power to the lamp post. Over the years the ivy was allowed to grow over the top and birds will nest in where there used to be a light bulb. The ivy shades the little hide-away. Without ivy it is too hot to stay in there.

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3580 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Wed, 12 May 2010 10:43:08 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3580 That is a very apt metaphor, Melanie! I'm sure it will be a full year full of changes and metaphors for you. :) That is a very apt metaphor, Melanie! I'm sure it will be a full year full of changes and metaphors for you. :)

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3579 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Wed, 12 May 2010 10:42:05 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3579 Outdoor cats can be pretty destructive to the native bird populations, Mary. That is sad that people do not take care of their cats, keeping them at home where they, as well as the birds, are safe. We live far enough out in the country that cats don't last too long here. Even my aunt's barn cats have met a fate to bigger predators. Outdoor cats can be pretty destructive to the native bird populations, Mary. That is sad that people do not take care of their cats, keeping them at home where they, as well as the birds, are safe. We live far enough out in the country that cats don't last too long here. Even my aunt's barn cats have met a fate to bigger predators.

]]> By: Melanie Haiken http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 Melanie Haiken Tue, 11 May 2010 20:14:04 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3576 I've been obsessively following the antics of two baby Great Horned Owls in a nest on a trail I regularly hike. Yesterday I checked and they were gone, and I had such a pang of sorrow; my own firstborn is off to college this fall and all of a sudden I realized that "empty nest" is a very apt metaphor! I've been obsessively following the antics of two baby Great Horned Owls in a nest on a trail I regularly hike. Yesterday I checked and they were gone, and I had such a pang of sorrow; my own firstborn is off to college this fall and all of a sudden I realized that "empty nest" is a very apt metaphor!

]]> By: Mary Nida Smith http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3575 Mary Nida Smith Tue, 11 May 2010 11:40:30 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3575 I love the picture of the wren in the box of leaves.Interesting choice of nesting. The cats in our neighborhood would destroy it. They have killed many of my bluebirds and doves. It saddens me. I love the picture of the wren in the box of leaves.Interesting choice of nesting. The cats in our neighborhood would destroy it. They have killed many of my bluebirds and doves. It saddens me.

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3572 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Mon, 10 May 2010 22:10:19 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3572 Oh, very cool, Sandy! Maybe next year, I will have the technology and technological know-how to set up a webcam of our little wren! :) Let us know on those birdies you have. Oh, very cool, Sandy! Maybe next year, I will have the technology and technological know-how to set up a webcam of our little wren! :) Let us know on those birdies you have.

]]> By: Sandy http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 Sandy Mon, 10 May 2010 22:01:18 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3571 We had an old small kitchen cabinet(the one that goes above your frig)underneath out storage shed that a Carolina Wren made her nest in. It had been placed on a scrap lumber pile and was practically on the ground. When the 5 eggs later hatched, the parent birds seemed tireless in keeping the nest clean and feeding the chicks. We set up a camcorder and were amazed that they seemed to know which chick's turn it was to go first each feeding time. We just had 4 Eastern Bluebird eggs hatch, either last evening or sometime today. They are so featherless and fragile looking! Can't wait to see what sexes we have! We had an old small kitchen cabinet(the one that goes above your frig)underneath out storage shed that a Carolina Wren made her nest in. It had been placed on a scrap lumber pile and was practically on the ground. When the 5 eggs later hatched, the parent birds seemed tireless in keeping the nest clean and feeding the chicks. We set up a camcorder and were amazed that they seemed to know which chick's turn it was to go first each feeding time.

We just had 4 Eastern Bluebird eggs hatch, either last evening or sometime today. They are so featherless and fragile looking! Can't wait to see what sexes we have!

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3568 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Mon, 10 May 2010 19:07:00 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3568 Ugh, Susan. I know we are supposed to leave the wildlife to do what it is they do, but I'm afraid I would have had to have taken action on the black snake the first time I saw him. We do leave black snakes alone as they eat the wood rats, as well as some of the poisonous snakes we have around here. Coming up on the porch after "our" wren would be a different story. Ugh, Susan. I know we are supposed to leave the wildlife to do what it is they do, but I'm afraid I would have had to have taken action on the black snake the first time I saw him. We do leave black snakes alone as they eat the wood rats, as well as some of the poisonous snakes we have around here. Coming up on the porch after "our" wren would be a different story.

]]> By: Susan http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3567 Susan Mon, 10 May 2010 17:03:31 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3567 I had a very sad incident about a Wren when we lived in Gloucester Va. I had a hanging basket on the front porch that a Wren liked to make a nest in. A black snake (about 5 ft long)knew she was nesting there as well. I chased him off after many attempts on his part to get to the nest. I actually watched him once climb up the porch railing and stretched to get to the nest. I beat him with a broom at that time. The next morning he was coiled up in the nest and had gotten all the babies. I knocked him out of the nest and went after him with a lawn mower...he was PO'd with me and lunged at me several times before I killed him. Normally I would not bother a black snake but was really mad that he had killed the babies. I know he was just looking for a meal...but not at my house. :( I had a very sad incident about a Wren when we lived in Gloucester Va. I had a hanging basket on the front porch that a Wren liked to make a nest in. A black snake (about 5 ft long)knew she was nesting there as well. I chased him off after many attempts on his part to get to the nest. I actually watched him once climb up the porch railing and stretched to get to the nest. I beat him with a broom at that time. The next morning he was coiled up in the nest and had gotten all the babies. I knocked him out of the nest and went after him with a lawn mower…he was PO'd with me and lunged at me several times before I killed him. Normally I would not bother a black snake but was really mad that he had killed the babies. I know he was just looking for a meal…but not at my house. :(

]]> By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2010/05/nesting-season-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3563 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Mon, 10 May 2010 14:59:40 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=645#comment-3563 Oh, that is a strange one! We use our grills all of the time, that would be bad for us! Oh, that is a strange one! We use our grills all of the time, that would be bad for us!

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