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One year when I trimmed the limbs off our Christmas tree at the end of our
celebrations I was surprised to find that we had a robin nest in our
Christmas tree that year.
Usually I don't think birds will refurbish and use an old nest - I
have been told it is because there are usually insects of some kind in the
old nest.
Roland.
----- Original Message -----
From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:45 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Recycled Nests
> Hi there,
>
> Last year my Mom and Dad were intrigued when a pair of Blue Jays built a
> nest in the vines outside their kitchen window in Bedford. The nest was
> higher than eye level so we couldn't look right into it, but we did watch
> the parents as they came and went. However, the jays were very wary of
> observers inside the kitchen, and furtive in their movements. They
> successfully brought off several fledglings.
>
> This spring a pair of American Robins discovered the nest and refurbished
> it to suit themselves. I didn't think robins would do this. Like the
> jays, they react when the light goes on in the kitchen or when they
> realize we are looking at them. At first they would sometimes get spooked
> and flit away. Often I have caught sight of one on its way to the nest,
> its bill full of worms. It would freeze, framed by wisteria blossoms, as
> it perched in the vines below the nest, watching us as we watched it. The
> nestlings are larger and very insistent now, so the parent birds are more
> inclined to ignore us. I was over this evening for Sunday dinner, and the
> racket the young birds made every time a parent arrived was audible inside
> the house. There seem to be four young birds - it won't be long before
> they fledge.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifax
>
>
>
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