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Birdiewatch: The Sequel - CANCELED.
Jul. 3rd, 2008 06:52 pm4 little tiny speckled eggs, smaller than Cadbury Mini-eggs, in a perfect little nest made mostly of dry grass. They belonged to a Mama and Poppa American Tree Sparrow (often confused with the slightly less common Chipping Sparrow), and were nestled quite comfortably in a potted Dwarf Alberta Spruce at work.
Gusty Winds May Exist.
Today was a day of freakish wind gusts, one of which blew over the aforementioned little tree. Three of the eggs had fallen into the branches, and fell and cracked when I gently righted it, one stayed in the nest. We slid the other eggs onto a leaf, and placed them back in the nest, in the hopes that maybe they weren't a total loss... A stone wall was laid around the tree, and others that would potentially fall and knock into it again were moved. Observations made showed that mom and dad were returning to the nest, and examination later in the day revealed nothing left inside. Moved, I suppose, somehow, to another nest? Or a place for safekeeping until another nest could be built? How on earth do birds MOVE eggs, anyway?? With their itty bitty feets?? Another mystery, again egg-related...
The sparrows were spotted with beakfuls of dried grasses today, flying off to some other tree, hopefully a stable one. May the one remaining undamaged egg (and maybe some of its siblings) have a fighting chance.
I almost moved the tree when I first found the nest, but didn't want to scare the parents away from the nest... maybe I should have after all.
Gusty Winds May Exist.
Today was a day of freakish wind gusts, one of which blew over the aforementioned little tree. Three of the eggs had fallen into the branches, and fell and cracked when I gently righted it, one stayed in the nest. We slid the other eggs onto a leaf, and placed them back in the nest, in the hopes that maybe they weren't a total loss... A stone wall was laid around the tree, and others that would potentially fall and knock into it again were moved. Observations made showed that mom and dad were returning to the nest, and examination later in the day revealed nothing left inside. Moved, I suppose, somehow, to another nest? Or a place for safekeeping until another nest could be built? How on earth do birds MOVE eggs, anyway?? With their itty bitty feets?? Another mystery, again egg-related...
The sparrows were spotted with beakfuls of dried grasses today, flying off to some other tree, hopefully a stable one. May the one remaining undamaged egg (and maybe some of its siblings) have a fighting chance.
I almost moved the tree when I first found the nest, but didn't want to scare the parents away from the nest... maybe I should have after all.
