So sorry to hear about April’s Chickadee nest. I terrorized my female this morning by checking on the nest, and I have no idea how many eggs , but so far so good. But there are wrens nearby. And there are Brown-headed Cowbirds everywhere here in Hartland‼️ Life is rough out there for our feathered friends💕
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> On May 1, 2025, at 10:45 PM, Mag Tait <magtait1...> wrote:
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> Nature is harsh. The past two years I’ve had a Robin build a nest in a bush in front of my house. It’s not in a protected spot and critters of some kind have gotten the eggs. It breaks my heart. I have other robins nest in a dogwood and a locust tree successfully, and I’m hoping it doesn’t happen again this year. I’m not home to see it.
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>> On May 1, 2025, at 7:04 AM, 'April Campbell' via Birders <birders...> wrote:
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>> Sad to report the nest didn’t make it. The dee laid six eggs and all were removed or punctured by the HOWR. In my neighborhood it’s all pretty much HOSP and HOWR. The local patch of woods was illegally destroyed by Xfinity several years ago, so few prospects for dees. As Ann Arbor seeks to allow more density in single family neighborhoods, more woods will go. I won’t add to the already exploding population of HOWR, so I removed the nest box entirely. It was a learning experience. Check out “Althea Sherman” and the great house wren controversy.
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