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My friends moved on today

submitted by PeckerwoodPerry to Nature 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 19:09:59 ago (+15/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

https://files.catbox.moe/8c69vq.jpg

Over the past few months some birds had made a nest in my backyard, right next to the area that I go to smoke my cigarettes. Best I can tell they were Bewick's Wrens. I watched them build their nest, watched them hatch their eggs, watched them make unending trips to feed the little fucker that hatched. I honestly never knew baby birds would eat baby lizards, but god damn did the parents have a talent for killing baby lizards for their young to feast.

Today, just after sunrise, I went out and the fledgling wren was spooked by me and abandoned it's nest. Just to paint a better picture, the nest was about two feet from my sliding glass door. I moved a folding chair so I could possibly help the little peeper back to it's home. Little fucker wasn't having that shit and hopped off to a thicket of ferns about twenty feet from the house. I noticed that it's parents were keeping an eye on it and they reunited in the ferns, never to return to the nest.

Long story short: Dislodged the best (since it has been abandoned) and there was an unhatched egg still inside (which is not uncommon). Wanna see? Check it out. Egg is about the size of a nickel.

Nest:https://files.catbox.moe/qo9ldk.jpg

It was a little emotional for me. I imagine it's something close to what people feel like when they're favorite TV show has it's final episode or something. Overall a really awesome experience though.


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[ - ] 3Whuurs 2 points 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 19:45:55 ago (+2/-0)

That’s cool, I built a little walnut birdhouse on my garage a few years back. Don’t think it got any action for the first year, but a cpl Chickadee’s moved in the 2nd year and have been there going on 4 years now.

I don’t watch super close but I can tell they have chicks twice per year, and must migrate in winter.
They’re really only there between about June & October.

Seemed to show up later this year then most, and I hear some people clean out the nests every year, so I cleaned it out for them this year.
Holy shit, for a bird the size of a baseball they had that thing packed with twigs like it was concrete.

The interior is 6x6x10 tall and they must have had 10lb of weight packed in to it.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 19:30:16 ago (+2/-1)

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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry [op] 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 19:34:31 ago (+1/-0)

That sucks man. These wrens struck me as better parents than most. They were dedicated to that chick. Sometimes on a single smoke break I'd see it get fed twice. I like birds. Kinda jealous to be honest.

[ - ] JudyStroyer 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 21:15:08 ago (+1/-0)

Birds are awesome animals.

[ - ] chrimony 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 21:22:46 ago (+1/-0)

You're jealous of a bird?

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry [op] 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 22:04:38 ago (+0/-0)

Maybe that's not the right word. There's something natural about it that tugs at my heart. I'm still processing this totality of a few months work. I know they won't even acknowledge each other in another two months. That's a strange thing to think about, and I might have misspoke. But it does seem more simple and I'll admire it for that.

[ - ] Kozel 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 16, 2022 16:04:45 ago (+0/-0)

bird can fly can you retard? no

[ - ] Yargiyankooli 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 20:00:46 ago (+1/-0)

I am hatching quail, I have had two chicks die so far.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry [op] 1 point 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 21:59:53 ago (+1/-0)

Can't imagine. I didn't have that kind of connection with them. It's just nature.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 20, 2022 13:36:44 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry [op] 0 points 2.8 yearsJul 15, 2022 19:12:10 ago (+0/-0)

Fuck, mixed up the images. Whatever, y'all know what I mean.