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He's sitting on a perch that supports the guarding. They know he's there and he knows they're just out of his reach which wasn't the case until I witnessed him snatching them from the nest cavity last year and added the guarding. He was here again today and I've named him "The Grim Reaper"
I guess we can't blame the hawk. He sees an easy meal just out of his reach. The hawks around here love to sit in the tree next to my bird feeders and swoop in when a big, fat, slow-moving dove least suspects it. I always imagine the hawk thinking, "Score!".
A pair of Finches returned to nest in the eave of my porch, but the first thing they did was rip out the old nest.
Now they start building it every day, and the next morning I find the debris on the ground. They seem to be ripping it out each morning, and starting over.
Follow-up. There seem to be two pairs hanging about. I am wondering if one pair isn't coming in and sabotaging the nest for the others.
Never seen this sort of behavior, before. It's been going on now for several weeks.
If they don't stop this, neither pair will have a nest when Spring settles in.
Follow-up. There seem to be two pairs hanging about. I am wondering if one pair isn't coming in and sabotaging the nest for the others.
Never seen this sort of behavior, before. It's been going on now for several weeks.
If they don't stop this, neither pair will have a nest when Spring settles in.
Anyone ever seen this sort of thing, before?
Are you sure you have Finches and not house Sparrows? House Sparrows can be very aggressive when it comes to nesting. They will take over existing nests, and even go inside houses and nests, killing baby and even adult birds, nesting right on top of them.
For about 2 weeks, there's a pair of crows who fly to a specific spot to find just the right size twig
to start their nest. Today I noticed they're bringing back softer materials.
I didn't realize that they recognize faces until recently.
Are you sure you have Finches and not house Sparrows? House Sparrows can be very aggressive when it comes to nesting. They will take over existing nests, and even go inside houses and nests, killing baby and even adult birds, nesting right on top of them.
They're very territorial.
Have not seen any Sparrows here. There were a number of sparrows around our other house about a mile away. But all I have seen here are Finches.
Two pairs, it seems.
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