New Beginnings . . .
Many nests on my suburban 40-box western bluebird trail are built from plain straw, bark or pine needles. But many have interesting add-ons and this page will show the variety of bird finds that are added to these new beginnings. The beginning nest (above) contains an unusually large amount of tissue and fiberfill.
Rio 4585 (left) Feather, straws & tissue 3/10/01 Right: feathers on cup rim 3/24/01.
Rio So/Ctr (left) Feather, straws, tissue and cellophane (look closely for clear cellophane--it's over the name card) 3/10/01 Right shows finished nestcup 3/24/01.
Carlos North, Cellophane/Tissue 3/10/01 (ignore old roosting material at the very bottom which was added by me for winter roosting nuttall woodpeckers)
Right: Cellophane nestcup 3/18/01.
BYJHS Feather, straws & Tissue 3/18/01 Right shows feather/tissue finish (4/23/01)..
5621 Kingsbriar, straws & flat material 3/24/01 Right will show nestcup finish.
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Kings (playground), bark, tissue, straw material 3/31/01
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Travis, tissue & straw 4/1/01.
Note the later collection with braid.
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Since I work full time and chicks are now due, Sunday (4/1/01) concludes the sites
for this 2001 "New Beginnings" series. The finished nestcups, however, will be added.
You can reach me at: lviolett@earthlink.net
