Backyard bird watching

[Raven]

they lay eggs in 200 specie's nests
and it's a leavem and forgettem process
so if it were me, i'd remove the C-B eggs and tossem

[Raven]

Welcomed them back with 3 batches made and 6 feeders HUNG !

had one there enjoying it in 5 minutes.....

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now i'm real mad

it only took the Big black carpenter ants 1.5 days to find the humming bird set up
and i had to remove them all until i re suspend them usin 20lb mono (again) to
foil their raiding party because they cannot walk down it! basturds

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by Raven

they lay eggs in 200 specie's nests
and it's a leavem and forgettem process
so if it were me, i'd remove the C-B eggs and tossem

Although they have a place in nature, they have been doing a number on many songbirds up and down the east coast. They will lay their eggs in another birds nest, their eggs hatch first and the first thing they do after hatching is push out all other eggs/chicks so that they are the only survivor. They have played havoc with the bluebird population.

They had a nature special on PBS a few years ago about songbirds and their decline in the wild. Pretty interesting.

[chrisjoe13]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Although they have a place in nature, they have been doing a number on many songbirds up and down the east coast. They will lay their eggs in another birds nest, their eggs hatch firstm and tghe first thing they do after hatching is push out all other eggs/chicks so that they are the only survivor. They have played havoc with the bluebird population.

They had a nature special on PBS a few years ago about songbirds and their decline in the wild. Pretty interesting.

One of the PBS guys is the one that said if you remove their eggs, they destroy. still havent taken them out, but want to.

[justplugit]

The crows are raiding the nests here and the Blue Jays are after
them in full force.

Ants are amazing. The carpenter ants will move the sawdust 30 feet
away from the nest at night, not to be detected. You can Back track the army
from the saw dust as they march back and forth to the nest with a flashlight
at night.
Can't believe how strong ants are.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by chrisjoe13

One of the PBS guys is the one that said if you remove their eggs, they destroy. still havent taken them out, but want to.

THEN PERFORATE THEM

[FishermanTim]

I'd remove the eggs, and if the cowbird desides to destroy the nest, the results are the same except there will be 2 less cowbirds.

Personally, I doubt that the cowbird which has already abandoned the egg and doesn't do any of the feeding, would be watching the nest to make sure her eggs hatch.
If it were true, it would be really strange.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Although they have a place in nature, they have been doing a number on many songbirds up and down the east coast. They will lay their eggs in another birds nest, their eggs hatch firstm and tghe first thing they do after hatching is push out all other eggs/chicks so that they are the only survivor.

Sounds like the earliest blue print for bird socialism. The Blue Birds do all the work building
the nest for their own and the Cow Birds reap all the benefits.