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| unknown bird | 7/5/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I was visiting in Woodstock Ontario last night. I saw a bird, colour, similar to a female Cardinal. ...
A: I am a Bluebird expert and not so on a lot of other birds. The black head really confuses me too. ...
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| Peacock nesting | 7/5/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I have owned my peacocks for about 4 months. They are in a big enclosure and they did mate. She ...
A: They should have hatched by now. Since the mom won't eat while she's incubating -I usually wouldn't ...
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| birds vs. marigolds | 7/5/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: Last week, I noticed what I believe to be aa Grackle wrestling with marigold bolssoms for several ...
A: It's called anting -a process in which birds allow ants to crawl on their body and secrete formic ...
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| baby wrens out of nest | 7/4/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: We have 7 baby wrens on the ground with no sign of a parent around. They will fly a very short ...
A: No. Do nothing. Leave them to the care of their parents. If they can fly, then their parents are ...
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| Aggressive robin mother | 7/4/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: A mother robin has settled in a bush in my back yard... Now that the chicks are born she attacks me ...
A: Two weeks to incubate and two weeks to fledge. Yes they will attack anyone and anything that they ...
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| female cardinal continually bouncing into same window pane | 7/4/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: we have a female cardinal that continues to crash into the same little window pane of a multi-pane ...
A: I think I've answered this one before -Cardinals more than any other. They're very territorial and ...
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| mourning dove hatchling | 7/4/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: I found a hatchling this am. Should I try and return it to the nest or keep it and try to feed it. ...
A: If it is on the ground and pretty much covered with feathers, just leave it alone. THe parents will ...
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| baby birds in a nest on our door | 7/4/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: We have a nest in our door bucket on our front door. There were 5 eggs in it, and last week, 3 of ...
A: If the mother is truly gone, the babies will die in a day or two. If she is still around, then leave ...
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| bird eggs out of nest but still in hanging basket | 7/4/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: I had small brown bird build nest in my hanging basket. It fell from hanger & caught in bush - mom ...
A: If the nest is intact, great. Don't know what you mean by sholve - shovel? Don't need to put on ...
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| Cardinals | 7/3/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I have had a female Cardinal build a nest under my backyard umbrella. She has been sitting there off ...
A: It's likely that she's panting from the heat. It could be that she hasn't laid the eggs yet or that ...
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| Mockingbird song | 7/3/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: Someone else wrote to you about be woken up in the morning by a robin, and your answer was it was ...
A: Mockingbirds sing a lot more often and longer through the year than most other birds. I've never ...
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| Eastern bluebirds abandon nest? | 7/3/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: Bluebirds built a very nice, thick nest in our birdhouse next to our own home. Their house is about ...
A: Probably a predator got the female. This is not unusual aa they have a lot of enemies. In situations ...
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| baby Robin - out of nest | 7/3/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: We've been watching a Robin nest in our hedges. This morning we discovered one of the babies is out ...
A: If the baby is fully feathered, do not return it to the nest. If the mother is feeding it- well, ...
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| Found a nest of baby birds | 7/3/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I was cutting down a bayberry bush in my back yard tonight. After removing the branches that I had ...
A: I'd put them back as close to the original site as possible. I see no reason why the parents would ...
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| Behavior while Robins Nest | 7/2/2008 | Miguel Rodriguez |
Q: I looked outside my side door of my home and right next to my door on the light fixture, the Robins ...
A: It is possible that they would have eventually given up on the nesting site if constant people ...
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| White egg | 7/2/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I was rollarblading with my family by Lake Ontario and i pasted by 2 white eggs on the grass i took ...
A: You just found them sitting on the grass? They weren't broken or cracked? Did they appear to have ...
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| Purple Finch | 7/2/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: we have had a nest for almost a month, we have lost 2 eggs, had one hatch & fly watched in fly away, ...
A: If birds are going to have a second or third family (some of my Bluebirds have already started on ...
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| Wren's nest | 7/1/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: A wren built a nest in a flower pot right outside our front door and laid at least four eggs. ...
A: Not really. Just destroy them. This is not unusual. All kinds of predators including dogs and cats ...
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| bluebird box in suburb | 7/1/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: I live in a typical housing subdivision, kind of new not any large trees around with some open ...
A: You are doing fine. It is normal for the parents to take the young away from the birthing area, ...
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| bluebirds | 6/30/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: in April I put out an old bluebird box that I had . One day I noticed that I had bluebirds. Yeah, I ...
A: The general rule is not to open the box after the babies are 12 days old (they fledge 19 days after ...
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| Visitor or caged escapee? | 6/30/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I saw the following on my bird feeder on Sunday: Size of a finch Mostly dark brown Bright red head ...
A: What you're describing actually sounds most like a Purple Finch, whose male bears a mask that is ...
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| Purple Finch | 6/30/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: we have had a nest for almost a month, we have lost 2 eggs, had one hatch & fly watched in fly away, ...
A: Losing eggs often means a small snake has attacked, or it could have been the work of a killer house ...
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| bluebirds | 6/30/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: in April I put out an old bluebird box that I had . One day I noticed that I had bluebirds. Yeah, I ...
A: Not unusual. Predators got the parents and the babies starved, or in cases of cold and wet weather ...
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| juvenile bird attached itself to my husband | 6/29/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: A bird built a nest in a hanging planter with a dead plant hanging on our porch. 3 eggs hatched last ...
A: If the bird is flying, it is probably independent of its mother by now. It will not sit in a nest - ...
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| Baby Robins without their mother | 6/29/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: "Hi, I have four baby robins that are approximately 5-8 days old or better. They are alert and ...
A: This may be a difficult answer for you. Usually one parent can raise a brood if something happens to ...
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| BABY ROBIN BIRD | 6/28/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: A BABY ROBIN BIRD WAS LYING ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND IT MUST HAVE FELL OUT OF THE ...
A: Baby birds do not often fall from their nest; they jump when they are ready to go. You shouldhave ...
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| newborn birds...what do i do?? | 6/28/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: my little cousin and his friend found some baby birds in their backyard and notice that the mom had ...
A: If these birds are fully feathered, let them go immediately! They did not fall out of the nest, they ...
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| bird identification | 6/28/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: There is a bird near my workplace that I have never seen before. It is dark brown with a large white ...
A: Okay, I'm at a loss here. I've gone over all of those things and they don't match up to any one ...
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| bird identification | 6/27/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: There is a bird near my workplace that I have never seen before. It is dark brown with a large white ...
A: Okay this isn't setting off any immediate bells. I can think of things that meet one of your ...
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| i found two baby birds- wut do i do? | 6/26/2008 | Bluebird Bob Walshaw |
Q: i don't no what 2 do and my dad said to put them in a box tonight and "We'll see what we should do ...
A: Please put them in a little basket back where you found them and hope that the parents will hear ...
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| Baby wrens | 6/26/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I live in Ontario, Canada. I had a nest of baby wrens in my decorative bird house, I saw two babies ...
A: Hmm...Wrens are cavity nesters and famous for nesting in the oddest places. They are generally very ...
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| Cardinal Eggs | 6/25/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: My son took 3 eggs out of a Cardinals nest today and I made him put them back right away (even ...
A: The belief that a mother will abandon her eggs if they've been touched by humans is actually a myth. ...
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| Mockingbird nest | 6/25/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I found a mockingbird nest with 4 eggs in one of our bushes. Five days ago, one of the eggs hatched. ...
A: First of all, I'm surprised that a Mockingbird allowed you to get that close to her nest without ...
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| Hanging planters and birds | 6/25/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: I have just developed my green thumb and I just underwent my first experience with seeing possibly a ...
A: Clearly the hangers are attractive to birds. Cover them with mesh or hand things that scare the ...
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| duck nest in backyard | 6/24/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: I had a duck (I belive mallard) nesting in my back yard under one of my day lilies. I noticed it ...
A: Nesting female mallards will sometimes briefly leave the nest and cover their eggs with down for ...
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| jackdaw stuck in nest 4' down chimney | 6/24/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: We live in rural North Yorskhire in the UK, in a stone built, three storey house. There is a ...
A: Sounds like the bird is ready to be on its own at this age. You will have to intervene and remove ...
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| Ducks - Quacking | 6/24/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: This may sound like an odd question, but my wife works as a Teacher's Aide for grades 1-2. The ...
A: I'm assuming your wife must be referring to Mallards specifically, since this doesn't really apply ...
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| Nuthatch nest in a soccer backpack! | 6/24/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: Roger, I just found what appears to be a White Breasted Nuthatch nesting in my daughter's soccer ...
A: I find it hard to believe that a White Breasted Nuthatch nested in your garage. They just don't do ...
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| malards | 6/24/2008 | Roger Lederer |
Q: a femail laid 10 eggs 1 a day in my plant pot she has sat o n them for 8 days this morning she has ...
A: Your sentence is rather garbled, so let me ask - are you saying that 6 eggs hatched or that 6 eggs ...
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| baby bird mother is getting scared away by other birds | 6/23/2008 | Julia Booth |
Q: We have a nest of baby birds. Their mom has been feeding them for the last week or so. There are ...
A: Okay, without knowing what kind of bird either of them are -it's hard for me to say what's going on. ...
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