[wisb] Re: Anyone know what this is? (photo)
- From: Gayle Davis <humnbrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:44:19 -0600
definitely an oriole's nest - I observed a very oddly placed oriole nest
this past season - my neighbor's have red pines throughout their yard -
as with most red pines, there are many dead branches on the lower parts
of the trees - a pair of oriole's built their nest out on one of these
dead branches - I found it very unusual as they typically pick a
deciduous tree and ultimately conceal the nest, to some degree at least,
in the leaves around the nest area - to have their nest built in such an
exposed area, as in COMPLETELY exposed, seemed very odd to me - their
construction is a marvel, isn't it?
Gayle Davis
Owen, Taylor Cty
On 2/9/2012 5:13 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote:
> When I first saw it I thought it was a hornets nest. But after looking at the
> photo more carefully when I got home, I could see that it was constructed of
> woven grasses covered by some sort of downy material. It wasn't super big, as
> you can tell by looking at the twigs on the tree. It was about 15-20 feet up
> in the tree.
>
> Here's the photo:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6848784333/in/photostream
>
> Is it some sort of bird nest? If so, what species?
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
>
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