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Post by OP on Oct 14, 2013 8:18:15 GMT
I will be very interested as things progress. There are a few web cams in the UK that watch peregrine falcon nests/scrapes. They are also interesting to watch. The nest is nothing compared to the one at your place Hezz. Web cam anyone?
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Post by samwiseg on Oct 14, 2013 10:30:52 GMT
Was going to say skysmum stace we have a bird in the UK who also uses spiders webs to literally "stitch" their nest together using their beak as the needle. Its fabulous! Not sure but think it may be the reed warbler?
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Post by Hezz on Oct 14, 2013 19:43:15 GMT
I was fairly sure they were using spiders webs, but nice to have it confirmed, thanks skysmum. Could Mac reach it? I doubt it, but he shows not curiousity in the native animals and birds that go through our yard ....... very different story if it were a cat! The sunbirds are always flitting about and don't bother him, so I am really hoping that this year they have chosen well. I should mention too, that they will often build a couple of nests, whether as a dummy-nest to confuse, or whether they build and then realise it is not a good place ...... I don't know.
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Post by samwiseg on Oct 14, 2013 20:12:01 GMT
I was fairly sure they were using spiders webs, but nice to have it confirmed, thanks skysmum. Could Mac reach it? I doubt it, but he shows not curiousity in the native animals and birds that go through our yard ....... very different story if it were a cat! The sunbirds are always flitting about and don't bother him, so I am really hoping that this year they have chosen well. I should mention too, that they will often build a couple of nests, whether as a dummy-nest to confuse, or whether they build and then realise it is not a good place ...... I don't know. Now I definitely know that weaver birds (not native to UK) do that
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Post by skysmum on Oct 14, 2013 21:09:06 GMT
It will be lovely to see if she stays keep us posted.
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Post by lousette on Oct 14, 2013 21:41:17 GMT
Isn't nature incredible! I do love little birdies, they are such awesome creatures.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2013 0:06:19 GMT
I do too, Lousette. Very fond of all the little birds. Love the big fellas as well, but I will do my evrything I can to protect the little ones, with their little stick legs. It looks as though she is actually "feathering her nest" at the moment - I have caught sight of her with feathers in her beak, positioning them in the nest, rather than on. So she is still working on it. samwiseg, yes, and their nests seem to be an even greater feat of architecture.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2013 4:31:13 GMT
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Post by marleen4 on Oct 15, 2013 7:35:51 GMT
Very clever to use someone else's tool of the trade, the spider web! I'm not aware of many others animals who "steal" like this to use for their own (different) means. Fascinating story and please keep us up to date with pictures and stories! I especially like the touch of the dog guarding the nest to protect it from butcher birds. Good dog!
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Post by samwiseg on Oct 15, 2013 9:27:39 GMT
Smart bird
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Post by Hezz on Oct 16, 2013 0:21:51 GMT
Both, lol!!!!
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Post by Hezz on Oct 19, 2013 10:48:31 GMT
Update: At work all day Friday, so not sure what was going on, but this morning I did see Madam sitting in the nest for the second time. If OH hadn't been in and out four times on his Harley, I may have been able to make more of a comment, but it is so hard to see if she is nesting and try for photos ......... ....... next installment ...... sometime soon .....
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Post by birdguhl on Oct 19, 2013 10:58:55 GMT
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Post by Hezz on Oct 23, 2013 0:41:27 GMT
Well as far as I can tell, she is definitely in the nest some of the time. I is really hard to see if she is there or not ....... I try to see if her long beak is sticking out of the nest but I can't get a good look - there is not much contrast in colour behind her ...... this morning I was looking, looking trying to spot her and she obviously thought that was close enough, thanks, and flew out. I can hear her at the moment calling to her mate from his look-out spot on the palm tree.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 27, 2013 0:43:06 GMT
Sunny-girl is sitting nearly all the time now whereas before it was evening and early mornings that I would find her in the nest. Got some nice photos yesterday: this a very typical pose. A real close-up, but unfortunately the clarity is compromised by using the digital zoom: A close-up of the (empty) nest: And I just love her silhouette:
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