[TN-Bird] Song sparrow back. Nesting? Goldie back.
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 10:20:51 EDT
Hi again,
No sooner than I "sent" the earlier message from here in Charlotte Park, West
Nashville, Davidson County, near the Cumberland River than the song sparrow
came around the edges of the deck, just outside the French doors, and into the
dead grape leaves. I sat and watched it as it worked its way around and
noticed that it picked up a milkweed type, fuzzy, cottony seed and flew toward
the
back and down behind the deck with it. I have an old woodpile under there
which has plenty of spaces for the sparrow to nest. I wonder! It's out there
right now, eating away. It was joined momentarily by a second song sparrow
(mate?) that quickly flew back down behind the deck in the same area. I hope
they
are nesting. Once upon a time, in Ontario, I found a scolding song sparrow
in great distress. I went to the area to which it kept flying and scolding,
found a snake laying across the nest keeping two live babies held down while
engorging another nestling. I dragged that snake off the nest and took it to
another habitat so far away that, if it came back, the babies would be fledged
and gone. As I was dragging the snake away, the adult checked the nest, then
flew up to the power line and sang "thanks" to me. The next day, as I was
leaving for home, I stopped by to check the nest and babies. I wasn't scolded
at
all, but, as I walked back to my car, "Mama" flew back up to the power line and
sang to me again!
The goldfinch returned to the thistle feeder simultaneously with the song
sparrow's return to the deck.
All those h. finches and h. sparrows returned with babies to feed, and, now,
I need to go restock the feeders!
Ah, Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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