What should i do. there was a nest on our porch and after afout a little under a month (april) the mom left. We are having funckey weather and its snowing. I did not touch the nest but we put it into a box in my house and but a towl over it then a heating pad on medium. I dont want them to die. What do i do. How do i take care of them. If they hatch what do i do. I know little to nothing about birds.
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Tagged birds, heating pad, mom, porch, robbin eggs, towl, weather
I am building an outdoor aviary, I am located in Ohio, I wanted to know what birds will be hardy and able to withstand the harsh weather. I will be provided nesting boxed and a heated roosting box. Any help would be appreciated.
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Tagged birds, box, harsh weather, HELP, Ohio, outdoor aviary, roosting box, weather
We have just finished building our chicken coop, and the outside run is huge and completely secure. I was wondering if I could put a few parakeets or lovebirds in with my chickens, obviously with their own nesting boxes, food source, perches, etc. Would they harass each other? Would they eat each others food and cause a problem? Does anyone know of this ever being done? By the way, I live in Arizona so the weather isn’t a problem. Thanks.
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Tagged anyone, Arizona, birds, chicken, chicken coop, chickens, coop, Food, food source, love, lovebirds, nesting boxes, Parakeets, Perches, problem, problem thanks, run, source, way, weather
So I had to share these adorable pictures with my TTC family. I was nesting (appropriate choice of words) a week or so ago when the weather really started turning nice. I bought and planted flowers in my window boxes and have been merrily watering them and tending to them when one day I noticed the beginnings of a bird’s nest. Don’t you know, some little lady chose my window box as the appropriate place to bring her babies into the world!? I am, perhaps ridiculously, seeing this as a sign that fertility is in fact in my future! I had to share the progression of this nest with you and I hope the link below works. This morning, when my DH left for work, he went out the side door as usual and she was in the nest (first time she let us see her!) and flew away. When he came home later for some supplies, he used the front door so as to not scare her again! Cute, huh? Hope you enjoy the pictures. 
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0EcuWTlwxaMXqg
I just checked and there’s an egg in the nest!! I’m going to try to add the picture to the ones already there so check back!
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0EcuWTlwxaMXuw
Here’s the new link with the picture of the egg.
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Tagged babies, choice, choice of words, day, dh, DON, door, family, fertility, flowers, little lady, nest, TTC, watering, weather, week, window, window boxes
We love nature, feeding the birds and watching the wild Therefore, we are looking for a nice tranquil place to relocate and retire. Love to walk and feel free, away from the big city. Not too cold, plenty of sunshine, no humidity. Planning a trip to explore, but don’t know where to go. Can anyone help with info.? Not necessarily Seattle. We were from California more to the north and love the weather. We would love to be near CA.
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Tagged area, birds, California, city, country, country style, humidity, love, nature, Nice, nice weather, place, planning a trip, plenty of sunshine, style, tranquil, tranquil place, Wasington, weather
Purple martins often die during cold snaps. They either starve for lack of insects or because their energy is exhausted by the cold environment. This author has had the sad experience of finding dead chicks and parents during nest checks at these times. Many martin landlords have solved the feeding problem by tossing food into the air near the martins but a good way to keep them warm has not yet been developed. This author has long dreamed about having some kind of “storm door” to reduce or eliminate heat losses from the nest box and so when it was noticed a starling was regularly entering a winter roost box (in MN), some tests were performed with some interesting results. In short, it appears this bird was capable of being trained to enter a cavity even though the “door” was completely closed off to the elements. It is hoped similar techniques can be used to train purple martins (and other birds) to do the same thing. It is interesting that one critic said that just because it worked for a starling, does not necessarily mean a purple martin can be trained. After all, it was pointed out; starlings are very smart birds. While that may very well be true, the obvious rebuttal is that, if starlings are smarter than martins, how is it that the starling is trying to keep itself warm in MN in Dec, Jan, and Feb while the martins are all in Brazil or, at worst, on their way back!
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Tagged climate, cold, cold temperatures, cold weather, environment, European, housing, inclement weather, Martin, martin house, martins dying, Purple, starling, warm housing, weather
Great weather, left door opened for a couple of days- noticed a nest built in a box on my shelve. I can not leave door open b/c I have dogs that stay inside so if I move the box slowly outside will she still use it- just all the hard work – no eggs yet…
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