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That is a big hole in your house, Jim. Do you know which woodpeckers are responsible for that?
Here's a bird pic. A photopal told me I'd find a blue heron rookery behind a Home depot a couple towns over. We were in that area today and I had the camera with me. The rookery was in some wetlands behind the fence at Home Depot right where he told me to look. There were quite a few nests and birds, but only one nest that wasn't totally blocked off by branches. Grabbed these pics from my FB post. I'm always thrilled to see these birds.
I don't think so Jim, we have lots of those.... Hairy, Downy, Red-headed,... Do they have big woodpecker's like Pileated in CO? Maybe Lainey could check it out, she become the bird lady.
Thanks, Emil!
I too wonder if that's Jim's culprit! I saw one of the pileated woodpeckers in the woods one day. It was so cool to see, but too fast for me and my camera.
Remember, y'all, I'm the one who picks these guys up off my deck when they break their neck on the window glass. The males sometimes have a small patch of red on their heads, but these peckers are black and white. The Hairy is larger that the Downy, and has a longer, more aggressive bill. I have an area of trees not far from the house where many of the trees have woodpecker holes for their nests. Apparently making a large round hole for nesting is part of their mating ritual. As a student I lived next to Sapsucker Woods close to Ithaca NY, and spent a great deal of interesting time there. But hey, I'm not an ornithologist, just an observer. I'll defer.
You've heard the expression "Not in my backyard!" Well I wish the house sparrows would find a place IN the shrubs, IN the yard to build a nest, but that's not where they nest. For the past two weeks, we are frequently checking under the bracket for the awning on our deck. The house sparrows are being most persistent in building a nest. We keep removing the nesting material and I'm amazed at how quickly they make progress in trying to get that nest built. We aren't breaking any laws here. Theirs are one of the few species whose nests are allowed to be removed. They can have up to four clutches a season. What a mess that would be on our deck!
Fortunately house sparrows are nonmigratory birds and are one of only three birds that are not protected by federal law. House sparrows are considered to be pest birds and you are allowed to remove them or their nests and eggs even during breeding season.
If the bird is not a house sparrow (or starling or pigeon), you cannot remove the nest during breeding season. If the baby birds have left the nest and it is now abandoned, you may remove it regardless of which bird it belongs to. See Can You Legally Remove That Bird’s Nest? for more details.
House sparrows choose one mate for the season and can raise as many as four different clutches during the summer.
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