Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 14:37:42 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Jack C. Leighty/Susan J. Noble" Subject: Re: Carolina Wren Nest With Eggs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Arlene: Don't the wrens nest in the porch overhang at the Fishermans Shack? Jack C. Leighty & Susan J. Noble Huntingtown, MD jleighty@chesapeake.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arlene Ripley" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Carolina Wren Nest With Eggs > At 10:01 AM 3/21/00 , you wrote: > >We generally have Carolina Wrens nesting in our tool shed each year. A few > >weeks ago I noticed they were working on a new nest. > >Yesterday 3/20 I finally climbed up and checked the nest and found 5 eggs. > >I don't know when the eggs were laid but the early date listed > >in the Yellow Book is 3/21. > > Jane, > > That's very interesting. Yesterday I noticed a completed Carolina Wren's > nest in a box specially made for them at Flag Ponds Park, in Calvert > County. I didn't have a ladder, so couldn't see inside the nest for eggs. > However, on Saturday while rehabbing one of the county bluebird trails, I > found several completed bluebird nests including one with three eggs, one > with one egg. Whether these eggs will hatch after the cold nights we've > been having is another question. Nevertheless, the birds seem to be laying > earlier than usual this year. > > > ////// Arlene Ripley > | || Calvert County, MD > | 0 || aripley@nestbox.com > | || http://www.nestbox.com > || > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================