Re: blue jay bathing lesson

I crush up eggshells to use for the peppers and to use in the bird feeders
during nesting time.  Been doing it for years.

On 4/25/06, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> At the farm, we provided our hens with crushed oyster shell in that
> belief.
>
> On Apr 25, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Karen Fernsler wrote:
>
> > Cool!
> >
> > I brushed the dogs, and dispersed the clumps about the yard in tow
> > of Ariana "The Canine-Avian Diplomat".
> >
> > Somewhere once I read that if you put out chicken egg shell nesting
> > birds will consume the shell bits to replenish calcium reserves to
> > help with the production of more eggs.  Has anyone else ever heard
> > that?
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:53:08AM -0400, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
> >> Sorry that happened to your dove family, and your tree, but mighty
> >> happy you
> >> and your neighbors are O.K.!
> >>
> >> I love watching bird families.  We usually have robin, finch, dove and
> >> cardinal families.  This year a new robin couple is trying to build a
> >> nest
> >> in one of the white pines in the back yard.  I noticed it while at the
> >> kitchen sink.  I saw something moving amongst the needles, but the
> >> color
> >> seemed odd.  Bill came to take a look and he thought the same thing.
> >> The
> >> next day when there was no movement in the tree, I went to take a
> >> peek.
> >> She's definitely a new mother.  It didn't have the look or feel of an
> >> established nest maker, and the odd color was her trying to weave in
> >> some
> >> toilet paper she'd found! LOL!!!  Well, there will be clean up after
> >> the
> >> youngsters!  It is also pretty low in the pine, so I worry the
> >> neighbor's
> >> cats (often loose and on the prowl) might be a problem.  It looked
> >> like she
> >> was still working on nesting materials as I kept seeing her make
> >> trips with
> >> odd scraps in her beak.
> >>
> >> Blessings,
> >> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Karen Fernsler
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:34 AM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue jay bathing lesson
> >>
> >> Thanks for sharing that.
> >>
> >> I needed that.
> >>
> >> I'd been watching Doves since March nesting in a hanging basket
> >> outside the
> >> porch.  One of the eggs hatched and for about three days we could see
> >> the
> >> chick being fed and happily raised and all, but after some
> >> swirly/twirly
> >> thing went through our yard last week, the poor little thing was gone.
> >>
> >> It took this tree with it as well:
> >>
> >> http://lurch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/apr_2006/
> >>
> >> The swirly/twirly went on to rip off the sheet metal of a structure
> >> 1/4 a
> >> mile up the road, and then flatten a huge stand of trees.  This was at
> >> 1:30am, but luckily, no people were hurt!
> >>
> >> The Dove parents are still around... I hope they try again!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:40:19PM -0500, Pam Evans wrote:
> >>> Saw something pretty cool while out watering.   A mama blue jay
> >>> hopped in
> >>> her favorite birdbath and one of her fledglings hopped in next to her
> >>> (monkey see, monkey do).  Well the little one just stood there, and
> >>> the mama splashed water on him.  He kinda shook it off and stood
> >>> there.  She splashed him again and I swear it was like you could see
> >>> the
> >> little light
> >>> bulb above his head go on!  Ohhhh, a bath, cool!   So then both of
> >>> them
> >> took
> >>> their baths and flew up to a low limb to shake and preen.
> >>> Anyway, it was pretty neat and I knew the bird lovers would like to
> >>> hear about it.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Pam Evans
> >>> Kemp TX
> >>> zone 8A
> >>>
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> >> (Later:)  I bought one of those little glass ball things with the
> >> snow in
> >> it...  Just checking.
> >>
> >>               -Steven Wright
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> > -----------
> > (Later:)  I bought one of those little glass ball things with the snow
> > in it...  Just checking.
> >
> >                -Steven Wright
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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