FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: BKY: Re: Happy bird story in Madisonville

[John Favinger <favebird@xxxxxxxxx>]

    House Finches seem to have a predilection for
nesting in hanging baskets.  The first House Finches I
ever saw in Indiana were nesting in a hanging basket.
My next door neighbor has them every year in his 
baskets.  It doesn't seem to matter what is being 
grown, they just seem to like them.  I suppose they
would make a pretty safe place to avoid predators.
                                    John Favinger  


--- Ann Morgan <aandm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     We had an interesting "bird" experience over the
> week-end.  On Saturday morning, we bought some
> hanging baskets at a local nursery and because we
> were going out of town, placed them in the garage.
> The next morning, Marian hung them on the porch and
> went somewhere.  Later, when I began watering plants
> on the porch, I kept hearing very loud chirping, but
> couldn't quite figure where it was coming from. It
> seemed to be on the porch but I  couldn't see
> anything. Thought it might be a young bird on the
> gutter, but nothing could be seen.  I finally took
> the Boston Fern basket down and the chirping
> stopped. I examined it more closely, pulling the
> fronds back, and lo and behold, there were three
> very hungry baby birds inside.  I was not sure of
> their identity, but thought they might be English
> Sparrows. 
> 
>     Since I didn't want to attempt raising baby
> birds, particularly English Sparrows,  I called the
> nursery and asked if I could return the fern in
> hopes that the babies could be restored to their
> parents. They said yes, if we would show them where
> the fern had been hanging. As soon as we arrived at
> the nursery, we saw and heard House Finches flying
> about.  Just seconds after we hung the fern, the
> House Finches found it.  There was a family of five
> or six birds(Mom and Dad and the older siblings??) 
> and they  frantically flew in and out of the fern
> several times before we left. The babies had been
> without food for almost twenty-four hours and I'm
> sure they were  quite busy the remainder of the day
> trying to make up for lost time. Not only was this a
> happy ending for the birds, it was for us also. The
> nursery people insisted on not only giving us
> another fern, but giving us another basket for our
> trouble.  They were as happy about the
> re-unification as we were, and posted a sign saying
> "Do not sell, Birds Nesting".  
>                                                     
>                               Ann Morgan 
> aandm@xxxxxxxx  
> 
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