Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:47:59 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kathy Klimkiewicz Subject: Re: Wren nest question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Carolina Wrens are pretty resilient so nest should be okay; however, not all species are tolerant of disturbance. Gray Catbirds, for example, are very sensitive to nest disturbance and will abandon if bothered. Cheers, Kathy Laurel MD Greg Downing cc: Sent by: Maryland Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Wren nest question Birds & Birding 03/02/01 04:40 PM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding If you leave the watering can there they will probably not abandon their nest. I have actually replaced bluebird nests with the young in it because of blue-fly infestation. I make a new nest and put the babies back. The parents come back within minutes after I put the box back up. I take the whole thing, babies included, into the basement to replace the nest. I also open the box every day to check the babies or eggs and I have never had one abandoned. I don't know if Wrens will act the same way and whether the fact that they have eggs in it or not matters. How far along is the nest in it's building stage? If it is fairly early you might consider hanging a nesting box in the same spot and even use the nest they have started. I think you'd have a fairly good chance that they would return. BUT I think leaving the watering can there this year would yield the best chance. You should know by tomorrow morning if they are going to stick around or not, if not by now. Please anyone correct me wrong in assuming that Wrens will behave similarly to bluebirds in terms of their tolerance for people monitoring their nests. I'm think it's an old wives tale that if you touch a nest they will not return. I do it for the bluebirds because I am helping them out. I have saved numerous bluebird's lives this way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Beal" To: Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:17 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Wren nest question > Went to get the watering can to plant some peas today. I had left it in the > woods, upside-down, on a branch over the winter. As I picked it up I noticed > several Carolina Wrens making a very quiet noise, hard to describe. I soon > noticed there was nest in the can. I replaced the watering can with a wren > watching me. > Question- do you think they will abandon the nest? > Question 2- There seemed to be more than two wrens "scolding" me. Are they a > species that get help from last years juveniles in raising a brood this year? > > Tom Beal > Glenn Dale, MD > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================