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A couple of weeks ago i started noticing birds flying into my shed (the doors are almost always cracked)...today i found their nest while doing some yard work.

steve dave · « **Reply #2087 on:** June 05, 2016, 02:22:26 PM »

I thought if birds fell out of the nest or got too confident and dove out early they were dead meat. Today though I saw an adult robin bouncing around a medium sized one feeding it and then flying away and then coming back and finding where the stupid prodigal son bird hopped off to and feeding him more.

sys · « **Reply #2088 on:** June 05, 2016, 04:10:34 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on June 05, 2016, 02:22:26 PM

I thought if birds fell out of the nest or got too confident and dove out early they were dead meat. Today though I saw an adult robin bouncing around a medium sized one feeding it and then flying away and then coming back and finding where the stupid prodigal son bird hopped off to and feeding him more.

robins feed their chicks for a few days after they've fledged (lots of birds do). when i was a child, i found one that had just fledged and fed it for a week or so. it came back the next year to say hey (i think).

sys · « **Reply #2089 on:** June 05, 2016, 04:11:58 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on June 05, 2016, 02:17:06 PM

that's awesome. what species?

ben ji · « **Reply #2090 on:** June 05, 2016, 04:16:19 PM »

Quote from: sys on June 05, 2016, 04:11:58 PM

Quote from: ben ji on June 05, 2016, 02:17:06 PM

that's awesome. what species?

Cardinals I believe.

sys · « **Reply #2091 on:** June 05, 2016, 04:24:44 PM »

i don't think cardinals normally build domed nests. have you seen wrens in the garage?

sys · « **Reply #2092 on:** June 05, 2016, 04:29:05 PM »

could just be a house sparrow.

ben ji · « **Reply #2093 on:** June 05, 2016, 08:52:44 PM »

I'm about 70% sure its a cardinal, have only seen it a couple of times but it looked like this

Also last year a cardinal made a next in my front yard

Quote from: ben ji on May 04, 2015, 06:35:42 PM

I have a bush (evergreen something maybe?) That is like 4ft high. I noticed that every time i walked out the door a cardinal would fly out of the bush.

I did some snooping today and it looks like the cardinal has a nest in the bush.

Will update with more pics when the babies hatch.

Only one of those eggs hatched and the baby got eaten by something (Garder snake probably) before it fledged....Wishing the cardinal better luck this year

ben ji · « **Reply #2094 on:** June 05, 2016, 08:55:18 PM »

And hey sys, here is a garter snake getting some sun in my garden.

Tobias · « **Reply #2095 on:** June 05, 2016, 09:44:06 PM »

beautiful updates

sys · « **Reply #2096 on:** June 05, 2016, 10:37:32 PM »

great garter snake pic.

maybe the cardinal took over a nest a different species built. they (birds) do that a fair bit. no point building what's already built.

ben ji · « **Reply #2097 on:** June 06, 2016, 06:20:10 PM »

@sys please identify this passerine

ENHANCE

sys · « **Reply #2098 on:** June 06, 2016, 10:56:28 PM »

looks like a carolina wren.

ben ji · « **Reply #2099 on:** June 07, 2016, 07:33:37 AM »

Did I use passerine correctly though?