second hatch, what happened...
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second hatch, what happened...

Rob'in'To

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If anyone has followed about our Chickadees, we had a second and here is what happened.

http://robandtheanimals.blogspot.ca/201 ... g.html?m=1
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Axeman

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Enjoyed this blog Rob.

A couple of summers ago, I had a nest of tree swallows in one of my boxes...they were busy for a while feeding and then all of a sudden nothing...I figured they had fledged....and then to my delight a week later they were nesting again....and again, they were busy for a while and then silence. When I checked the box, I found the entire clutch dead...but even worse, the second nest was built on top of the first mummified clutch.
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Rob'in'To

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Eeeeeek!  One wouldn't think such a thing would occur, building on top of a dead clutch.  But I guess if you gotta do your thing in breeding season?  One of the reasons people should clean out their nest boxes after nesting season.
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
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