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Here is the male bird after he fed the young. I didn’t have the camera ready as he went into the box.
David
Stafford, VACarol, it should be okay to do it now. I believe that I put mine up after they built the nest several years ago. It would be better now than to risk injuring the eggs after she lays them. Watch to see how the accept. My male bird was right on top of the shield after I put it on the box.
David
David
Stafford, VAHere are the 4 little ones. Mom, Dad and 2 of the first nesting are in the trees around the yard.
David
Stafford, VALyndsy, this is normal. The BB may start a nest anytime after the young have fledged. It all depends on how ready they are to start a new brood. Don’t expect this on every nesting. Mine have usually been 4 days – 5 weeks.
Happy Birding
David
David
Stafford, VASounds like the HOSP. A House Wren builds a trashy nest also but not with that big of a twig.
David
Stafford, VAMom and Dad are very active around the box this afternoon so I suspect Momma is done laying and is now brooding.
Or getting ready to lay egg #5. Most years I have had 5 in each clutch of eggs. This is the first year that I have gone from 5 to 4 on the second brood.
David
Stafford, VANature has a way of caring for the young ones. If this one has made it to the brush and can hold out there until its wings strengthen a bit it will be okay. The parents (and it sounds like the siblings) will take care of it.
Be concerned but try not to get overwrought. You can only provide the nestbox and mealworms(if you do feed). Everything else is part of Nature’s path. Be happy for the fledglings that they have made it this far. Time is on their side.
David
Stafford, VAThe 4th egg hatched today. All is well. Parents are feeding the little ones but I haven’t been out to get photos today.
David
Stafford, VATammy, that’s what I think also. Not seeing what is actually in the nest, I would remove it just to be on the safe side. I would also continue to actively monitor this nestbox.
David
Stafford, VAI decided to walk out to the nest box to see how the eggs were doing and found this!!!
This was around 9:00 AM this morning. 3 of the 4 eggs hatched the day before I expected them. Since I am a bit more mobile I will check on them this afternoon to see about the 4th egg.
David
Stafford, VANow, after reading further through the identification of eggs information I found the following: “Note: A Cowbird egg looks similar to a House Sparrow egg, but House Sparrows take over the whole nest, and often remove another bird’s eggs from a nest they usurp. Cowbird eggs are larger than House Sparrow eggs, and tend to be more rounded.” Here is the photo from that article.
David
Stafford, VARon, that egg is listed in the caption of the photo as a house sparrow (HOSP) egg and should definitely be removed and properly disposed of (terrible grammar). Here is the lonk for the site if you would like further information. Hope this helps.
http://www.sialis.org/eggcompare.html
David
Stafford, VA
