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bayou girl
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Bird's Nest - What kind??
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May 02, 2011, 07:43:42 PM »
Wrennie, HELP!
this bird's nest is in a hanging planter. it is hard to tell that it is a nest at all, but i saw momma fly out of it. unfortunately, she startled me as much as i startled her and i couldn't see what she was. the only things i got from the encounter was that she wasn't much bigger than a large or extra large chicken's egg and was brown. just a little more tan than the color of the nest itself.
any clues?
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Dianna
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May 02, 2011, 11:11:51 PM »
Dove?
ETA: Nope, probably not. Our doves are a lot bigger than an egg...
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bayou girl
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May 03, 2011, 10:53:03 AM »
i am thinking maybe a sparrow or a wren. i just don't know. i should do some research... but hopefully wrennie will wander in and just know
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Wrennie
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May 04, 2011, 07:39:01 AM »
Did I hear my name??
At first glance I guessed dove or starling but they definitely arent that small and brown. Wren is a possibility but if it is a wren it isnt done nest building. There are also some warblers that start with a mess like that and then make a neat nest in the middle of it. And as you said sparrows such as song sparrows build starting with that sort of loose mess and then add a firmer one in the middle. Keep watching.
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May 04, 2011, 12:06:05 PM »
not a clue
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bayou girl
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May 04, 2011, 12:09:44 PM »
There is a neat nest in the middle. What you can't see on the picture is that there os a hollow in the pile so it looks like the hole on a bird house. I'll try for better pictures.
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Wrennie
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May 07, 2011, 07:57:57 AM »
Ooooooh! I see it now! Up a the top of the picture with a brown leaf at the front edge? I'll stick with sparrow of some sort I think. Keep watching from as much a distance as you can so she doesn't scare off.
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bayou girl
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May 07, 2011, 02:36:08 PM »
well, i thought i'd help, here is the opening circled in red. but i can't see the red very well
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May 07, 2011, 04:51:22 PM »
I am wondering if it is a killdeer's nest.
If so, that is all the nest is going to be. They don't do too much for their nests except to have a little shallow spot...
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bayou girl
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May 07, 2011, 07:05:20 PM »
you can't really see, but the hole goes into a hollow that looks to be about 3-5 inches deep. it really is a little cave
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Wrennie
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May 09, 2011, 07:40:16 AM »
Definitely not killdeer. They cammo their eggs with gravel, cinders, rubble. No vegetation and they're on the ground, not up somewhere.
Bachmans sparrow, perhaps...
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