With the leaves off most of the trees, it is easier to spot old bird nests high up in the limbs, although some of them probably will be on the ground by springtime and the returning birds will have to build new homes.
Old Bird Nest
Picture of the Day for December 10, 2022
Although it wasn’t very windy today, I did find an old bird nest laying on the snowy ground under a large pine tree. At least no eggs or baby birds fell with the nest since it has been empty for months, but now it won’t be used again next year.
Fallen Bird Nest
Picture of the Day for July 8, 2014
The baby robins better keep their beaks high or they might drown in their nest with the rain storms. Normally the female will shield her young but I bet the female robin wished she had built her nest some place drier this year.
Keep the Beaks High
Picture of the Day for October 9, 2013
The young chicks have left the nests a while ago and now most of the birds have left and gone south for the winter. The year-round birds, like the nuthatches and chickadees, seem happy that the ‘summer invasion’ is over and they have the bird feeders to themselves again.
After all the work the female bird works on her nest, it seems a waste to see it abandoned. The blustery fall winds or the heavy snows will likely dislodge it and the nest will tumble to the ground, barely recognizable as a home that raised a feathered family.
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