Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:10:32 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Laura M. Appelbaum" Subject: Weaver chick raising habits? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A friend of mine in Washington State wrote to me to see if I had any clues on this, which I don't, but I figured one of you might. :D He has a nest of Eurasian Sparrows (not House Sparrows, but the similar kind with a white cheek with a black spot on it) near his house. Here's what he observed and asked: "I was just watching my weavers in the back yard and noted two interesting tidbits... First, the offspring are growing -- one of the little birdlets poked his head out of the house while I was watching. Second, and more of a surprise to me, there are two females and a male doing the feeding. Is this common, having harems sharing a single nest?" So what's the verdict, fellow birders? Is it typical to see two females and a male all feeding chicks in the same birdhouse? Laura Appelbaum Colesville, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================