Can you identify these baby birds?
Aug 2, 2020 20:23:00 #
Aug 2, 2020 20:25:33 #
Aug 2, 2020 20:31:20 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
W9OD wrote:
They are baby birds😊. Definitely NOT Sandhill Crane Colts😊.
Are you sure?
Aug 2, 2020 20:32:23 #
Chuy wrote:
We haven't played this game in a while.
Helen, Susie and Brad
Mom and Dad are Frank and Ethel
The family name may be Swallow but I am not sure since I only met them once at Walmart. They were buying a bag of dried meal worms.
Yes, I will show myself out, no need to call security.
Aug 2, 2020 20:37:02 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
robertjerl wrote:
Helen, Susie and Brad
Mom and Dad are Frank and Ethel
The family name may be Swallow but I am not sure since I only met them once at Walmart. They were buying a bag of dried meal worms.
Yes, I will show myself out, no need to call security.
Mom and Dad are Frank and Ethel
The family name may be Swallow but I am not sure since I only met them once at Walmart. They were buying a bag of dried meal worms.
Yes, I will show myself out, no need to call security.
I must admit, I thought they might be swallows myself. Hang around you might learn something.
Aug 2, 2020 20:48:20 #
Chuy wrote:
I must admit, I thought they might be swallows myself. Hang around you might learn something.
Could be starlings or swifts also. But my buddy Murphy says they are something I would never think about.
Aug 2, 2020 20:50:12 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
robertjerl wrote:
Could be starlings or swifts also. But my buddy Murphy says they are something I would never think about.
I fully agree.
Aug 2, 2020 21:18:42 #
Aug 2, 2020 21:23:24 #
Aug 2, 2020 21:28:25 #
Chuy wrote:
We haven't played this game in a while.
Not so much the chicks, but the nest looks to be a Robin nest. The site is not unusual for a Robin.
So, Robin chicks?
Bill
Aug 2, 2020 21:29:49 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
newtoyou wrote:
Not so much the chicks, but the nest looks to be a Robin nest. The site is not unusual for a Robin.
So, Robin chicks?
Bill
So, Robin chicks?
Bill
No robins here, Bill
Aug 2, 2020 21:39:37 #
robertjerl wrote:
Could be starlings or swifts also. But my buddy Murphy says they are something I would never think about.
Starlings, no. They prefer holes and the nest is about the most slovenly pile you'll ever call a birdnest. Filthy with bird s...
And swallows, I believe, build mud nests, at least Barn Swallows.
Dirty with feces from the chicks.
Swift nests are airborn debris cemented with saliva.
So again, I say Robin.
Bill
Aug 2, 2020 21:40:05 #
the nest looks like Eastern Phoebe. There are other birds that make similar, but i know Eastern Phoebe nests very well, so, could be
Aug 2, 2020 21:58:37 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
RAR_man wrote:
the nest looks like Eastern Phoebe. There are other birds that make similar, but i know Eastern Phoebe nests very well, so, could be
You are correct, they are fly catchers. They build their nest every year on the side of my camp. It's fun to watch their aerial maneuvers catching the smallest of bugs.
Aug 2, 2020 22:48:21 #
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