sandeyeNests and baths
April 1st 2010 08:29
A pair of starling have been taking twigs into a neighbor's roof. I assume this is nest building, as many birds are up to this activity. Jackdaws are collecting twigs by sitting on trees and grasping them in their beaks and tugging them off for example. Our chimney, next door's and 2-3 others are all occupied with a pair of jackdaws.
I cleaned out the old stone birdbath a week or so ago - but no birds seem to use it. They all bathe and drink from the newer plastic one. Father says the robin used to use the stone one once, though.
WP went a little too close to the starling nest on a neighbor's roof - and the starling stood nearby and flapped its wings in agitation. WP ignored it and turned his back on the bird...
It was not until a jackdaw did the same thing that the starlings had any trouble - at this point the jackdaw realized they were protecting a nest and went to investigate. It stuck its head inside the roof hole - but the starlings must have built the nest out of reach....
I cleaned out the old stone birdbath a week or so ago - but no birds seem to use it. They all bathe and drink from the newer plastic one. Father says the robin used to use the stone one once, though.
WP went a little too close to the starling nest on a neighbor's roof - and the starling stood nearby and flapped its wings in agitation. WP ignored it and turned his back on the bird...
It was not until a jackdaw did the same thing that the starlings had any trouble - at this point the jackdaw realized they were protecting a nest and went to investigate. It stuck its head inside the roof hole - but the starlings must have built the nest out of reach....
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