Re: ok- this is just unbelievable

Auralie: Thanks for the info. I guess it just surprises me because our
little town has a rather large colony of feral cats and it doesn't seem
very safe to me...but I'm not a bird so how do I know? They come back to
the exact same spot year after year, so I guess they know something I
don't. :-)



Melody 
Hills, IA  zone 5



 --- On Tue 04/26,  < Aplfgcnys@aol.com > wrote:
From:  [mailto: Aplfgcnys@aol.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:03:09 EDT
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ok- this is just unbelievable

Melody, the Donald Stokes book on Bird Behavior says that<br>doves
sometimes (rarely) nest on the ground. Ground-nesters<br>are common
among shore birds and in arctic areas - not too<br>many trees in those
locations. Certain other birds, notably<br>Quail and Northern Harriers
regularly nest on the ground in<br>open fields. Just like people, you
can't make generalizations<br>about birds.<br>Auralie<br><br>In a
message dated 04/25/2005 10:55:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
<br>gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:<br>--- Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
wrote:<br>> >> Our garden is home to a returning set of mourning<br>> >>
doves as well...on the<br>> >> ground in the middle of my daffodils,
right under<br>> >> the cherry<br>> >> tree...there is a pair that
returns to nest in the<br>> >> same spot there every<br>> >> year. Is
this unusual for birds to nest on the<br>> >>
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