[texbirds] Nest dilemma etc
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:13:41 -0600
from a very elaborate nest in a coffee can literally less than 2 feet from
my door...It has three eggs....Problem is I have to use this door many
times per day and it ain't gonna work there....No where to relocate it to
nearby....Bummer. So I decided to check one of the bird boxes the Titmice
were checking out back on Jan. 28...I flushed a chickadee that was brooding
4 eggs!!....What the heck? It is only Feb 13......both of these beat the
earliest egg dates mentioned by BLOT (The Bird Life Of Texas) out the
Kazoo! I thought birds bred (except in desert/monsoon regions) dependent
on length of day....For sure chickens depend on length of day to produce
well (artificial lighting keeps them producing ass year). Amazing stuff. A
Red-bellied Woodpecker (fem.) is buzy creating a cavity.
Had a large group of Snow, Ross's and a few White-fronteds in Lavaca
Co....a county where I rarely see them....They are short timers for the
coastal plain.
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Brush Freeman
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Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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