Finch Feeder has been hung out for over 6 months, first hung in front of kitchen window, then moved feeder to tree limb. Can see the Finches every day in tree, but they do not come to the feeder. Have placed special Finch Food in feeder and even on the ground to try and attact them to the area. Other birds do not eat the finch food. I live on a very busy street.
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My dad was cutting down a tree and he now is looking after them, we dohn’t know the type of bird though. shall we keep them in there nest and under a light and what do we feed them?
I worked on a remodeling job in East Norwalk near Long Island Sound. I was surprised to see a number of what I was told are Monk Parakeets feeding in a apple tree.
It just looked so strange to see tropical birds here in CT. I was told they escaped from a truck that turned over on I-95 in 1970 and have been surviving our winters, and extending their range south and west.
I was just wondering if there is a population of them in your state, and if there is any ecological problem because of them? They are a farming pest in South America, but I hope they do not become a problem here, as they are so much fun to watch and listen to in the summer.
http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~robert/Parrot.htm
I just found this about them.
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From the author: Although it is commonly believed that nest boxes yield artificially high estimates of nest success, few investigators have compared nesting success in nest boxes to tree cavities in the same locality during the same time period. I studied nesting success of Great Crested Flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) breeding in nest boxes and natural sites (i.e., old woodpecker cavities and natural tree hollows) on the same pine plantations in northern Florida. Mayfleld estimates of nesting success were nearly identical between nest boxes (0.37 [+ or -] 0.05 SE, n 32 nests) and tree cavities (0.38 [+ or -] 0.06 SE, n 27 nests) during a 2-year period. However, nesting success was greater in nest boxes (0.53 [+ or -] 0.06 SE) than in cavities (0.33 [+ or -] 0.10 SE) during 1997 and lower in nest boxes (0.26 [+ or -] 0.07 SE) than in cavities (0.42 [+ or -] 0.09 SE) during 1998. Lower nest success in nest boxes during 1998 was due to increased predation during the incubation period. Nest predation accounted for 83% of all ne st failures. Documented nest predators included the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) and corn snake (Elaphe guttata). Nest boxes and cavity nests did not differ significantly in any habitat variable that would influence nest concealment, nor did these variables differ significantly between years. Evidence suggests that nest predators may learn to exploit nest boxes as a prey resource, either through the development of search images or through long term spatial memory. This study demonstrates that nest boxes are not always safer sites than tree cavities and that static comparisons may give misleading results.
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Title: Nesting success of the Great Crested Flycatcher in nest boxes and in tree cavities: are nest boxes safer from nest predation?
Author: Karl E. Miller
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2002
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 114 Issue: 2 Page: 179(7)
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