[texbirds] Re: Scraps for nest building
- From: Patricia Wight <pcwight@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:18:29 -0600
My husband and I always pick up fishing line wherever we see it. One spring
we had gone to Brazos Bend State Park and we were the unfortunate witnesses
to the horrible scene of an egret youngster hanging from its nest,
strangled on fishing line.
Pat Wight
Rockport (actually lovely Lamar, next to Goose Island State Park)
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Joseph Kennedy
<josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> One of the great things to put out for nest builders is cat or dog hair
> from when pets are groomed. If you do not have a pet of your own, try
> brushing a visiting animal for goodies or ask the owner for extra fur.
> Titmice will do almost anything for hair including stealing it from Brush's
> dead critter or sleeping dogs or raccoons.
> In a trice, lint from the dryer could work but is probably too mushy and
> would absorb moisture in the nest more than natural hair.
>
> Another great thing at this time of year is egg shells which are currently
> loved by chickadees, titmice and Carolina wrens. Calcium shortage is
> endemic in texas soils and eggshells help supplement the ability to produce
> strong eggs. Note that chicken scratch includes tiny bits of eggshells for
> the same reason. I start saving eggshells in the freezer around
> thanksgiving so that I can put it out starting in late January.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > The remains of a dead 'possum are just down my road/drive....Titmice are
> > hitting the fur pretty hard...Just an idea...I have found fishing line
> in a
> > martin nest...Luckily it did not seem to have ensnared any of the
> > young......B
> > **********************************************************************
> > Brush Freeman
> > 503-551-5150 Cell
> > 120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
> > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Paul and Georgean Kyle
> > <dwa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> > > Agreed. When we were actively rehabilitating birds in the 1980s, we
> once
> > > took in four nestling Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Two of them had
> thread
> > > wrapped around their legs from the nesting material, and all of their
> > feet
> > > had atrophied and died. Please do not put out string and thread for
> > birds.
> > > If you feel you must, cut it into short 1" pieces.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Paul and Georgean Kyle
> > > Project Directors
> > > Driftwood Wildlife Association
> > > www.ChimneySwifts.org
> > >
> > > Sanctuary Stewards
> > > Travis Audubon's Chaetura Canyon Sanctuary
> > > www.TravisAudubon.org
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Winnie" <wbburkett@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <custom_heirlooms@xxxxxxxxx>; <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:33 PM
> > > Subject: [texbirds] Re: Scraps for nest building
> > >
> > >
> > > > Many types of thread are too strong and tangle chicks and adults in
> > > > nesting material where they die. So please be careful.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Winnie Burkett
> > > > Friendswood & the Bolivar Peninsula
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Jan Piecznski <custom_heirlooms@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Wed, Feb 19, 2014 10:47 am
> > > > Subject: [texbirds] Scraps for nest building
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > If anyone would like some small sewing scraps from my serger to put
> out
> > > > for the
> > > > birds to use to build nests, please let me know. �I'm happy to send
> > some
> > > > out to
> > > > you!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jan Piecznski
> > > >
> > > > Liverpool, Tx
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