10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2024
The Cuckoo Cuculus canorus has a bad reputation because of its habit of laying its eggs on the nests of other birds, who then raise their young. But in south-west Europe there is a bird that kicks out the sitting tenants and takes over the nest altogether. How can you tell if a Red-rumped Swallow’s nest has been taken over?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2024
It is good to report, too, that the clergy has been generally supportive of their high-rise tenants. Peregrines don’t build nests of their own, but do like to make a scrape in which they can lay their eggs. They sometimes attempt to nest on unsuitably flat ledges, with the inevitable result that their eggs roll off.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2018
First and foremost, with regular, frequent visits to each nestbox, you may be able to spot problems threatening your tenants. You can see the two distinct flattened nests stacked on top of each other bringing any new nesting attempt closer to the entrance hole and therefore easier for a predator to reach eggs or nestlings.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2015
From the 1913 USDA Farmers Bulletin #513, Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard: “The bluebird is one of the most familiar tenants of the farm and dooryard. Every spring I look forward to monitoring my bluebird trails when I not only get to watch Western Bluebirds develop from eggs to fledglings, but other cavity nesters as well.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2023
The Large-billed Crow ( video ) is one of the natural enemies – in the study above, it predated 19 eggs from four pitta nests. Unfortunately, the house this nest is built on is about to be destroyed – no tenant rights for birds in China, I am afraid. Is it worth a scientific paper if a Large-billed Crow eats a fish?
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