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Can/do birds move eggs from a nest?
Posted on 5/14/24 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 5/14/24 at 6:42 pm
We had a bird nest in the burner of our Mongolian grill. Had 5 eggs last Wednesday and when I got home Sunday there were none. No shells .. no remnants. They had been there for maybe a week.
I’m so sad at the thought that something likely got them.
I think they were some type of warbler.
I’m so sad at the thought that something likely got them.
I think they were some type of warbler.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 7:47 pm to tiger91
If nothing looked disturbed in the nest my money is on ol' no shoulders.
I've had cats clean out two robbin's nests this Spring. We didn't have cat issues until a sorry arse neighbor decided to get a couple and let them breed and roam unchecked. Well, there may or may not be some checking....
I've had cats clean out two robbin's nests this Spring. We didn't have cat issues until a sorry arse neighbor decided to get a couple and let them breed and roam unchecked. Well, there may or may not be some checking....
Posted on 5/14/24 at 7:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
As long as it is a snake, raccoon, other bird, etc. I usually don't have a problem with it (unless it is a shitty house sparrow or starling). That's just Nature being Nature. But roaming cats doing it just pisses me off.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 8:41 pm to LegendInMyMind
Nothing looked disturbed .. I've seen a cat or two in our yard but it's few and bar between sighting.
I hate that this happened .. had one egg on Saturday and then one additional each day making 5 on Wednesday and then I left town, so there could have been more.
I hate that this happened .. had one egg on Saturday and then one additional each day making 5 on Wednesday and then I left town, so there could have been more.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 8:47 pm to tiger91
Birds on our property have started building nests in the chicken coop. Smartest thing I've a seen a bird do
Posted on 5/14/24 at 8:57 pm to tiger91
Probably an African swallow, they grip them by the husks.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:08 pm to LegendInMyMind
I once watched a speckled king swallow four eggs one after the other once…he looked like a strand of Mardi Gras beads. It was a sparrow nest otherwise I’d have shooed him off
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:18 pm to cgrand
How do predators find these nests? I’ve only ever seen hummingbirds in this area for feeders and they were of course hanging.
This nest was maybe 4feet off of the ground? Whatever grill level would be.
So crazy but I’m really sad. I was so excited to see the nest and then eggs. That’s just nature by still.
This nest was maybe 4feet off of the ground? Whatever grill level would be.
So crazy but I’m really sad. I was so excited to see the nest and then eggs. That’s just nature by still.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:48 pm to tiger91
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How do predators find these nests? I’ve only ever seen hummingbirds in this area for feeders and they were of course hanging.
That's the business they're in. All they do is cruise around all day/night looking for food. It is early yet, and that pair of birds has time to nest again. Keep an eye out, they may build somewhere closeby.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:52 pm to cgrand
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I once watched a speckled king swallow four eggs one after the other once…he looked like a strand of Mardi Gras beads. It was a sparrow nest otherwise I’d have shooed him off
My grandmother believed that's what golf balls were for. She'd keep a golf ball or two in the nest boxes of her chicken coop. The snakes would be so into devouring the eggs that they'd take the ball without notice. I once found a dead chicken snake with what looked like four golf balls in it.
In the words of my grandmother, "That snake ortta been smarter."
Posted on 5/15/24 at 6:37 am to tiger91
quote:by smell. Bird nests (and eggs) have a strong scent
How do predators find these nests?
Posted on 5/15/24 at 1:14 pm to tiger91
It was a snake. I've seen it happen. A snake will watch a bird building its nest (returning to the same spot over and over). They'll eat every egg, sometimes even at night, the little birds don't fight much.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:38 pm to tiger91
Time to toughen up. Circle of life.
Posted on 5/16/24 at 2:27 am to LegendInMyMind
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My grandmother believed that's what golf balls were for. She'd keep a golf ball or two in the nest boxes of her chicken coop. The snakes would be so into devouring the eggs that they'd take the ball without notice. I once found a dead chicken snake with what looked like four golf balls in it.
In the words of my grandmother, "That snake ortta been smarter."
Love that story
Posted on 5/16/24 at 3:41 pm to tiger91
Same thing happened to my blue bird nest no signs of eggs anywhere. Had to be snake. Put a new house up new nest up 5 new eggs. I’m watching it close
Posted on 5/16/24 at 6:36 pm to ole man
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Same thing happened to my blue bird nest no signs of eggs anywhere. Had to be snake. Put a new house up new nest up 5 new eggs. I’m watching it close
I've almost converted all my bluebird/tree swallow boxes to these free standing conduit and rebar mounts. I use a five gallon bucket and the bendable metal pipe strap to make a predator guard. It is too big around for even the longest chicken snake to climb, plus it has to go up the conduit, into the bucket, and make the turn on to the bucket just to try to climb it. The bucket also wobbles, so it is hard for a raccoon to stay on it.
The bush is now gone, so a snake can't go from it to the house. I use white buckets on most of them that are near the front of our property, they just look better. The house itself has proven successful after a year or so for the birds to get used to them. They're made out of PVC pipe with a red cedar bottom, and painted to look like a birch tree. You just squeeze them to get them off their mount to check the nest; easy off/easy on.
They're easy to make if you have a few tools and are handy.
Posted on 5/16/24 at 10:27 pm to tiger91
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I hate that this happened .. had one egg on Saturday and then one additional each day making 5 on Wednesday and then I left town, so there could have been more.
All is not lost, man….the birds will just lay some more.
Posted on 5/16/24 at 10:43 pm to Spankum
Woman. But I sure hope that they do.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 1:28 am to Spankum
They already have laid 5 more eggs, I guess I’m lucky because they have nested 2years in a row, but this is the first time a nest was eaten. And I live in the Jefferson old Hammond area
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