[va-richmond-general] Re: Sparrow Nest?P.S.

Bob,

Recommend making the enclosure several feet across. Higher necessitates 
wider.  Want the parent to be able to land in there comfortably without 
having to first land on the wire mesh.

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Sparrow Nest?


> Bob,
>
> If the nest is active, there will probably be a second egg in there by 
> some
> time tomorrow morning.  Should that occur, you might construct a screen or
> fine wire mesh enclosure about it, say 3 feet tall, and open at the top. 
> A
> bit of additional visual cover about the nest is probably a good idea.
> Could be a song sparrow's nest.  Average egg length for that species is 22 
> x
> 17mm (.86 x .67" ).  Apparently they are more likely to make their early
> season nests at ground level under a tuft of grass.  Did the nest have a
> lining of finer grasses?  Good luck, Pop.
>
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Siegfried" <rcs5701@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:02 PM
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Sparrow Nest?
>
>
>> Today I was cutting my grass (it was rather long).  Something told me to
>> jerk the mower backwards.  I looked down and there was a perfect nest 
>> with
>> an egg in it.  At first I thought if fell out of a tree, but the closest
>> tree is 15-20 feet away and not very tall.  Of course the sharper 
>> thinking
>> in the group would have already figured out that the egg would not still
>> be
>> in the nest if it fell out of a tree.
>>
>> The nest is about 4 inches across, made mostly of grass.  No mud, leaves
>> or
>> fuzz.  It was snugged down in the grass which had camoflaged it well.
>> Other
>> than the long grass it is in the wide open yard.  The egg is 1/2 to 1 
>> inch
>> long, pale blue with rusty blotches and specks.  I looked in a guidebook
>> and
>> came to the conclusion that it may be a song sparrow.  Does anyone else
>> have
>> an alternative idea or can confirm similar nesting of a sparrow in a 
>> yard.
>>
>> I left a patch of grass around the nest, but of course I had already cut
>> much of it down before I found the nest.  So its exposed to view.  Any
>> suggestion to protect it from jays, crows, cats, squirrels and all of the
>> other things out there?
>>
>> I thought of building a small pile of twigs around the exposed side of 
>> the
>> nest to help hide it from view.
>>
>>
>> Bob Siegfried
>>
>>
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