Date: 6/16/26 2:09 pm From: Kim Likakis <kim.likakis...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] the sad side of bird-watching
Hi, Maeve,
Cornell's *Birds of the World* discusses the Chestnut-sided Warbler as
essentially single-brooded with, "Frequency of second and subsequent nests
insufficiently studied to determine incidence of double brooding." That
said, they also mention a cite from the New York *Atlas of Breeding Birds,
1998*, stating that a second nest attempt may be 'occasional.' Whether or
not this proves out I don't think is known.
Kim
Bennington
On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> wrote:
> Chestnut-sided Warblers have nested in our yard for many years (along with
> catbirds, redstarts, Common Yellowthroats, chickadees, Hairy Woodpeckers,
> robins and House Wrens). This year, for the first time, we discovered a
> nest! Here’s a photo: https://ebird.org/checklist/S357347347 > We rerouted our regular path from house to veggie garden so we wouldn’t
> agitate the little female. But yesterday I glanced over at the nest, and
> it’s empty - no eggs, no egg shells. The birds couldn’t have hatched and
> fledged in the last three days, so clearly something got the eggs - maybe a
> Blue Jay or a crow? Does anyone know if this species renests?
> Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
>
