Comments for Bird Watching Binoculars http://birdoculars.com Tips, Product Reviews & Software To Make You A Better Birder Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Tell Me Your House Wren Stories by BirdDude http://birdoculars.com/tell-me-your-house-wren-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 BirdDude Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:14:23 +0000 http://birdoculars.com/?p=455#comment-2162 If it's been at least a week since you think they hatched they're probably gone. You're saying the parents keep showing up with food? The house wrens are unbelievably terratorial and may just be checking back to make sure nobody's been in there. If you don't see anything in there I would just leave it. When they're ready for another brood, if they're going to have one, they'll come back and rebuild fot that. I wouldn't empty the house out until after breeding season is over which should be at latest into August. Or if you see them not return for any length of time. The tricky part here, Rebecca is knowing the timeline when you're only there on weekends. Let me know what you find. Jeff If it’s been at least a week since you think they hatched they’re probably gone. You’re saying the parents keep showing up with food? The house wrens are unbelievably terratorial and may just be checking back to make sure nobody’s been in there.

If you don’t see anything in there I would just leave it. When they’re ready for another brood, if they’re going to have one, they’ll come back and rebuild fot that.

I wouldn’t empty the house out until after breeding season is over which should be at latest into August. Or if you see them not return for any length of time.

The tricky part here, Rebecca is knowing the timeline when you’re only there on weekends.

Let me know what you find.

Jeff

]]> Comment on Tell Me Your House Wren Stories by rebecca from waushara county http://birdoculars.com/tell-me-your-house-wren-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 rebecca from waushara county Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:19 +0000 http://birdoculars.com/?p=455#comment-2160 Hi, I did look inside best i could but didn't see anything and I did tap but didn't hear. DO you think they left and I missed it? That would be good. Wouldn't the dad know though or mom? It's up high and it didn't look like anything got in there. The nest was all in place. We are going back tonight for the weekend. Any suggestions? Should I just leave it? Hi,
I did look inside best i could but didn’t see anything and I did tap but didn’t hear. DO you think they left and I missed it? That would be good. Wouldn’t the dad know though or mom? It’s up high and it didn’t look like anything got in there. The nest was all in place. We are going back tonight for the weekend. Any suggestions?
Should I just leave it?

]]> Comment on Tell Me Your House Wren Stories by BirdDude http://birdoculars.com/tell-me-your-house-wren-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 BirdDude Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:58:24 +0000 http://birdoculars.com/?p=455#comment-2159 Hi Rebecca, Have you checked the bird house to see if the birds have fledged the nest? I would check to make sure they haven't met with foul play. If there's no way to carefully open it, you might try first tapping around the entrance to see if they make any sound. I would be careful if it's not easy to see into the box that a snake may have gotten them and might be sleeping inside. Let me know if you're able to hear anything and we'll go from there. Jeff Hi Rebecca,
Have you checked the bird house to see if the birds have fledged the nest? I would check to make sure they haven’t met with foul play. If there’s no way to carefully open it, you might try first tapping around the entrance to see if they make any sound. I would be careful if it’s not easy to see into the box that a snake may have gotten them and might be sleeping inside.

Let me know if you’re able to hear anything and we’ll go from there.

Jeff

]]> Comment on Tell Me Your House Wren Stories by rebecca from waushara county http://birdoculars.com/tell-me-your-house-wren-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 rebecca from waushara county Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:46:23 +0000 http://birdoculars.com/?p=455#comment-2158 Hi, We also had a pair of house wrens build a nest in our decorative bird house we put up at camp. We are only there on the weekends and it is right off the deck. Well we were enjoying them for the last month or so. but sat both mom and dad were feeding the babies. Then sunday when I woke up I noticed one of the birds (I assume it was the dad) had an insect in his mouth and was waiting for the babys to chirp but nothing. He even looked inside and left then. I didn't see them all morning but I left at noon to go home. ANy idea what happened? Hi,
We also had a pair of house wrens build a nest in our decorative bird house we put up at camp. We are only there on the weekends and it is right off the deck. Well we were enjoying them for the last month or so. but sat both mom and dad were feeding the babies. Then sunday when I woke up I noticed one of the birds (I assume it was the dad) had an insect in his mouth and was waiting for the babys to chirp but nothing. He even looked inside and left then. I didn’t see them all morning but I left at noon to go home. ANy idea what happened?

]]> Comment on Tell Me Your House Wren Stories by BirdDude http://birdoculars.com/tell-me-your-house-wren-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 BirdDude Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:44:00 +0000 http://birdoculars.com/?p=455#comment-1913 Mark, In my opinion, domesticated animals that don't share your living space are livestock and even livestock owners don't just feed and let their animals run wild. If people don't want the responsibility of caring for and sheltering cats and dogs they should not own them. Off my soapbox... I'm waiting to hear back from Julie but my initial reaction to your story is that the nest trauma that killed the mother eventually killed the babies. I know that doesn't mean much or matter to you. Kudos for giving them a little memorial garden. Jeff Mark,

In my opinion, domesticated animals that don’t share your living space are livestock and even livestock owners don’t just feed and let their animals run wild.

If people don’t want the responsibility of caring for and sheltering cats and dogs they should not own them.

Off my soapbox…

I’m waiting to hear back from Julie but my initial reaction to your story is that the nest trauma that killed the mother eventually killed the babies.

I know that doesn’t mean much or matter to you.

Kudos for giving them a little memorial garden.

Jeff

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