[birdky] RPT: Blue Grosbeak Nest in Backyard
- From: "Scott Freidhof" <sialia67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:56:48 -0500
"Habitat is rough around the edges" is the campaign slogan for restoration
of the bobwhite quail in Kentucky. But it is also true for my backyard. A
portion of the backyard is fenced. In the eight growing seasons that I have
lived here, I have let the inside edge go wild. What the previous owner had
planted in flowers is now a tangle of pokeberry, blackberry, goldenrod,
trumpet creeper, and some volunteer trees like black cherry, red maple, and
serviceberry. The fence itself is growing a covering of Virginia creeper
that produces a ton of berries every fall.
So this evening, I decided to get "civilized" and clean up some around the
edges. It's difficult to hang clothes on the line when thorns are poking
one in the side. I started working through the goldenrod to get to the red
maple. A bird flushed out of the maple about 4 feet above the ground. I
found the nest with 4 pale bluish white eggs inside. The female grosbeak
flew up onto the nearby powerline in the yard and chipped at me. She
returned shortly after the dog and I ducked into the house. My dog is
banned from the backyard until those little grosbeaks fledge.
Scott Freidhof
Rowan County
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