I'm happy for you but no doubt someone will be upset that the natural
order has been interfered with. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/1/2012 5:23 PM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> Have no fear. Judi, after reading Dean's original observation, and after
> doing her own research, obviously agreed with you. She rather
> unceremoniously deleted the two
> questionable eggs.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Just be aware that the larger cowbirds may well demand almost all of the
>> food that the parents bring and also push the baby wrens out of the
>> nest. That's why I suggested a cowbird omelet.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 7/1/2012 8:08 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>>> Dean could well be right, Chuck.
>>>
>>> But... no omelets of any kind - momma wren hasn't left the box
>>>
>>> since the day I startled her by trying to recycle her house.
>>>
>>> Guess we'll wait and see what hatches (to coin a phrase [?]).
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm used to seeing the wrens in our garage, they've nested here for
>>>
>>> years, although usually on one of the high shelves - like behind, or
>>>
>>> on paint cans and such. First time ever for a bench top bassinet.
>>>
>>>
>>> .Judi (my bride of 49 years) commented on the egg color variation, too,
>>>
>>> but I never considered an "alien" species. Wow... we have a movie here!
>>>
>>> Rick... trying to picture a large bird in a small box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
>>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well spotted, Dean. Maybe Rick will have a cowbird omelet in the
>>>> morning. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/30/2012 4:55 PM, Dean Hansen wrote:
>>>>> Rick recently posted a shot of a Carolina wren's nest he found while
>>>>> cleaning out his garage:
>>>>> <
>>>>
>> http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=184214&ppuser=20714
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice shot, I thought; then I took a second look at the eggs. There
>> are
>>>>> five eggs--check the egg to the lower right, and the one on the far
>>>>> left. Aren't they slightly larger and with a different color pattern
>>>>> than the other three eggs? Put "cowbird eggs" in Google Images and see
>>>>> what you think of some of the posted images. I think that pair of
>>>>> Carolina wrens are going to have a job raising a pair of cowbird
>>>>> fledglings.
>>>>> Dean
>>>>>
>>>>
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