Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:49:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Greg Downing Subject: Re: Wren nest question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Opps, sorry forgot to include my signature. And sorry for the grammatical errors! Greg Downing Parkton, MD gregdowning@mindspring.com www.gdphotography.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Downing" To: Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Wren nest question > 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 = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================