Comments on: Second Brood? Or Third? http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/06/29/second-brood-or-third/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:53:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/06/29/second-brood-or-third/comment-page-1/#comment-7792 Kate St. John Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:28:18 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=8047#comment-7792 If robins have a period of mourning for lost nestlings, it appears to have ended. This morning the male robin was singing near the nest tree. If robins have a period of mourning for lost nestlings, it appears to have ended. This morning the male robin was singing near the nest tree.

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/06/29/second-brood-or-third/comment-page-1/#comment-7780 Kate St. John Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:12:03 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=8047#comment-7780 What a bummer! This morning I didn't see any activity at the robins' nest but had no time to look at it with binoculars. Tonight at dusk I checked. The nest is completely empty and the parents are gone. Those babies were too young to fly. A predator must have eaten them. :( What a bummer! This morning I didn’t see any activity at the robins’ nest but had no time to look at it with binoculars. Tonight at dusk I checked. The nest is completely empty and the parents are gone. Those babies were too young to fly. A predator must have eaten them. :(

]]> By: Anne Curtis http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/06/29/second-brood-or-third/comment-page-1/#comment-7760 Anne Curtis Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:37:39 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=8047#comment-7760 As I was walking our dog Liffey near CMU two days ago, I found fragments of robin eggshell on the sidewalk, nowhere near any tree or shrub that could harbor a nest. I did get "buzzed" this evening near my home, several houses up from where I saw the shells, by a robin. I know they dispose of the shells away from the nest. Should I be looking in my backyard for the nest? As an aside, we were also evaluated by a falcon in the inner quad at CMU as we walked. She (?) was on the ground behind one of the sycamores, and flew to a tree branch. She left it and went to a higher one, and turned to watch us as I watched her. So cool! Liffey snuffled and went crazy at the ground site--maybe she is a bird dog? I think not. Anne As I was walking our dog Liffey near CMU two days ago, I found fragments of robin eggshell on the sidewalk, nowhere near any tree or shrub that could harbor a nest.

I did get “buzzed” this evening near my home, several houses up from where I saw the shells, by a robin. I know they dispose of the shells away from the nest. Should I be looking in my backyard for the nest?

As an aside, we were also evaluated by a falcon in the inner quad at CMU as we walked. She (?) was on the ground behind one of the sycamores, and flew to a tree branch. She left it and went to a higher one, and turned to watch us as I watched her. So cool! Liffey snuffled and went crazy at the ground site–maybe she is a bird dog? I think not.

Anne

]]> By: Holly http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/06/29/second-brood-or-third/comment-page-1/#comment-7759 Holly Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:33:23 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=8047#comment-7759 Oh I do so love the wild babies. I had a nest in my carport one year, I parked outside and took photos every other day. They fledged quickly and disappeared. I often see Robins at the red currant bushes in the backyard. They are a favorite bird of mine. Holly Oh I do so love the wild babies. I had a nest in my carport one year, I parked outside and took photos every other day. They fledged quickly and disappeared. I often see Robins at the red currant bushes in the backyard. They are a favorite bird of mine.

Holly

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