Re: Bird nest, now swallows

Probably catfish. Turtles, I think, are vegetarian. Tortoises may not be.

On Friday, June 11, 2004, at 03:26 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:

wAY cool. To get that close to them..and just watch is so wonderful. We
had to save our last batch of baby ducklings from whatever (not benign)
creature in the water was eating them. Most likely those big ole turtles
or the big catfish out there. Until they get bigger, they are in a pen
with their mother....who hisses if you try to get near her and her
babies. Just trying to SAVE them.



james singer <jsinger@igc.org> wrote:
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 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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