Re: Bird nest, now swallows
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- Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bird nest, now swallows
- From: j* s* <j*@igc.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:42:38 -0400
- In-reply-to: <20040611181833.35216.qmail@web81503.mail.yahoo.com>
When I lived on the Severn River [Maryland, not England] we [first wife, kids, and I] had a diving platform about 50 yards off shore. Swallows used to build their nests under the diving platform and we [first wife, kids, and me] would float under it to watch. I think the birds must have thought we were some sort of benign water animal because we could get quite close to their industry and not spook them.
On Friday, June 11, 2004, at 02:18 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
How cool that you get to watch the whole thing with easy viewing. I have
two nests that I'm watching right now...but NOT easy access. We have
some swallows who built up high on our back porch. All I can see are the
little beaks resting on the rim of the mud nest. The other nest is way
deep inside a honeysuckle vine that looks more like a shrub. Sparrows. I
like to watch the babies grow up and leave. But, it is sad when your
plant gets trashed. Ever take a birds nest and watch it grow? If you
take the nest and sit it on top of a pot of dirt and water it off and
on....it starts growing "things". Whatever seeds the birds "deposited"
in there start to grow. Kind of fun for kids to watch.
james singer <jsinger@igc.org> wrote: We have a pot of variegated shell ginger [Alpinia zerumbet v.] just outside out back door. A pair of sparrows have decided to call it home and are building a nest in it. The good part is we'll be able to watch their progress through a window as they create a family; the bad part is they'll probably trash the ginger.
Island Jim Southwest Florida Zone 10 27.0 N, 82.4 W
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