Every day, little dramas present themselves in front of our eyes, to observe, or not.
Saturday, my spouse stepped out onto our Southern Tier of New York front porch to get the newspaper, and noticed that two birds were building a nest on our front porch light. Several nests have been built there over the years, but this was not the usual birds we've seen. (We suspect what nested there in the past were house finches, but that's only a guess).
One bird was doing the work and the other one simply stayed close in a nearby bush. They were both perpetually in motion. I was able to get three pictures. I was able to edit two enough to use.
This may be the better one. Again, see the extreme upper right. The tail was held up and the bird flicked it constantly.
We used the online "Merlin" (not enough room on my phone to install - but, thanks to one of my regular readers, I have a flash drive on order that can plug into my iPhone's lightning port so hopefully that won't be a problem soon. )Merlin will give you educated "guesses" of a bird you saw based on five multiple questions it asks you: where the sighting was, what date, how big, up to 3 colors, and what the bird was doing.
Using my photos (thankfully I had these photos) we tentatively ID'd this bird as a Carolina Wren.
Here's the nest it was building Saturday morning.
Sadly, by afternoon, the nest was gone, and the debris was left for us to clean up. We didn't touch it though, just in case the birds returned.
They didn't give up right away.
They persevered. Can't wait to see what happens next.
...they can make such a mess, I wish that they would chose a different site.
ReplyDeleteSmart little birds, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what happens next too. And on anther note, I'm so jealous you have those beautiful rhododendrons. I love them but can't get them to stay alive here.
ReplyDeleteNothing inspires quite like nature. Spiders that re-weave and re-weave. Birds that keep on building. Plants that return in the spring. I find it so encouraging. Especially when I'm feeling like bread dough. Punched down by life..
ReplyDeleteI know that I will rise better and stronger.
All I have to do is look at nature...
Cute, but they are so messy. I get mourning dove pairs trying to built "nests" in ridiculous spots. I hesitate to call them nests, as they are just piles of sticks that fall down. Like that, the top of the porch light, or the top of my hose holder.
ReplyDeleteA ver si se deciden ya de una vez, en donde se van a quedar.
ReplyDeleteEs raro que no aparezcan en varios días.
This reminded me that last fall we had a Robin whose perserverance was admirable but annoying. Convinced his reflection was another bird challenging him, he spent months attacking all our windows. I love birds, but I'm hoping he returns less fiesty this spring.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite the mess above the light, but cool to have birds in residence.
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