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Re: Bluebird egg destruction
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: Bluebird egg destruction
- From: Templar4@webtv.net (mike moore)
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: Marsha Stephens <stephens@mail.fpg.unc.edu>'s message of Mon,15 May 2000 17:26:05 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
>Last week a friend found a single egg on
> the ground directly beneath the entrance
> hole to his bluebird house. Over the
> weekend, he found two more in the
> same place. He reports a small gash in
> each, but the eggs have not been
> actually eaten (here was yolk inside).
A house wren will do this. I've had a house wren puncture bluebird eggs
and throw the eggs out of another house wren's nest box. Also have seen
them tear up a chickadee nest that was in a nest box.
Any other bird that's nesting on a house wren's 3/4 acre is in danger of
having it's nest torn up. I don't know if they only go after birds in
nest boxes or if this extends to other nesters as well.
A nice little bird to watch and I love their song, but a real terror
sometimes.
mike