[Tweeters] Our Baby Robins are "gone" ....

[Jeff Gilligan]

If you are in an urban area with a lot of crows, they likely ate the baby robin.  Though once a prolific breeder in Portland, now few if any are hatched or reach maturity.  Crows used to be a wary country species there, but are now ubiquitous.




> On Jul 22, 2022, at 1:54 PM, jimbetz at jimbetz.com wrote:

> 

> Hi all,

> 

>  The robin's nest in the tree along side of our front door is

> empty - just today.  And the fledglings are hanging out in the

> front yard ... mostly just sitting in the grass while Mom(?) hunts

> for worms nearby.  One has been in a low bush - and another of

> the 3 has been on the lowest branches of the large tree.

>  We never saw a second adult - so I'm guessing that the one

> that is here is the female.

>  We're hoping the adults will choose to use the same nest

> again for their next clutch - we'll see.

> 

>  It does seem like if a pair has chosen a particular location

> for their nest that they will return to the same nest for the

> next time (that same year).  I'm not talking about just robins

> here.  However, some of the nearby nests have been "once onlys".

> Next year same tree/location - that seems to be less likely.

> 

>  As I think I've reported before - just about all of the

> species we've had at the seed feeder this year are showing up

> as young birds - first with an adult feeding them and then

> quickly them feeding themselves and finally where the new

> fledgling is present at the feeder and the adults are either

> not with them or ignoring them and just feeding themselves.

> More or less in frequency of visitors we've had House Sparrows,

> House Finches, Goldfinches, Purple Finches, Pine Siskins,

> Towhees, White-Crowned Sparrows, Cowbirds, Grosbeaks (both

> but more Black-headed), Robins (on the lawn), Mourning

> Doves (on the aggregate under the seed feeder), and some

> occasional visitors such as Flickers, Stellars, etc.

>  For a few days about a month ago there was a Cooper's

> Hawk that came near the seed feeder "every day" but it

> stopped visiting (I guess it didn't catch another bird?).

> 

>  The frequency of Bald Eagles has dropped -way- off but

> we still see several Vultures a day.  It's been a month

> or so since we've seen a Red-Tailed (here from the house).

>  Trips to the Skagit and Samish Flats have produced a

> few raptors and very little else since about the middle of

> May.  I guess I'm just missing the GBHs and others ...

> We did see two adults and one juvenile Bald Eagle - on

> the ground in a field - very near the corner of Best Rd.

> and McClean (where Christiansen's is) just last week.  They

> were quite near the road and stayed long enough for me to

> go around the round-a-bout and come back to stop and get a

> long look and a couple of cell phone pictures.

> 

>                        ****

> 

>  I'm saddened by Gary's move - it's his life and all that

> but he is an important part of local birding and he will be

> missed.

>                                        - Jim in Burlington

> 

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