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Re: wren's nest and rain



An umbrella?  I'm not kidding!  Or something else to shield the nest a bit.

Carolina Wrens nested in one of my windowboxes a few years ago.  I never
realized the nest was there until I saw the wrens going repeatedly to the
same corner of the windowbox; hidden behind the petunia foliage was a nest.

Unfortunately, the activity of the wrens caused the petunia foliage to die
off there, exposing the nest to more rain & really strong afternoon sun.
Also, the windowbox was low enough that my dogs could have gotten at the
nest unless I stood guard 24/7, but I managed to keep the dogs away until I
saw no activity at the nest.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC
alurie@nc.rr.com




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ward Linda" <tankapoet@yahoo.com>
To: "carolina birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:47 PM
Subject: wren's nest and rain


> Cbirder's:
>
> We've had C. Wrens build nests just about everywhere,
> including a battery in our van...this year we have our
> first nest in a flower box that's on the side of our
> house under a window. It's a dome nest of leaves and
> pine straw. The eggs (don't know how many made it)
> hatched because we've seen the adult wrens bringing
> grubs which are taken, and I have seen the head of one
> nestling...the problem is the nest is getting very wet
> from all the rain and it's supposed to rain much more
> tomorrow...the birds have only been hatched a few days
> and i'm concerned that they'll drown or die of being
> wet all the time...the nest has not collapsed and the
> fact that it's up against the house on one side and
> has a slight eave above helps, but it looks soaked, at
> least from the outside. Any comments or ideas?
>
> thanks
>
> =====
> --Linda Jeannette Ward
> --P.O. Box 231
> --Coinjock, N.C. 27923
> --U.S.A.
> --tankapoet@yahoo.com
>
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