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lablover
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5/1/2008 12:24:11 PM
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Can you help me identify a bird that has built a beautiful nest in my boathouse? With the configuration of the boathouse, I can't get a good look atthe bird b/c it flies out the opposite side everytime I try to see it. The nest is about the size of a softball and she used moss, Easter grass and fishing line along with twigs to build it. She laid one egg a day for five days. The eggs are pretty small, about the size of a peanut M&M, white with s few tiny brownish dots.
Any ideas?
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dmp
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5/1/2008 12:27:59 PM
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Perhaps a winter wren or bluebird. You might Google based on egg size and color.
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lablover
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5/1/2008 12:49:58 PM
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Its not a bluebird. I googled the winter wren and at first thought this was it until I saw that they build a domed nest with the hole on the side. This one has a regular style nest with the "hole" on the top.
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fishing_graham
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5/1/2008 1:07:04 PM
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It may be a Martin nest. These are nesting in my boat as well.
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John C
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5/1/2008 2:19:27 PM
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Sounds like taking a pic might be hard if it's inside your boathouse.
Try walking in the boathouse with another person. The bird flies out, then let your other person walk out and shut the door. Birds can't count all that well, so maybe if you very sit still in there with camera at ready, you can get a pic when she flies back in. You might have to sit there for a while but if you walk in when you know the bird is in there she is likely to fly back soon, esp if she has just flown in with food in her mouth.
Taking pictures of birds is hard. The other day I was trying to take some of 3 hawks fending off crows in the sky over one of my listings and I couldn't get a single pic that looked decent. I was hiding under a screened in porch and had a hawk call that I was blasting at them in one had, camera in the other. If someone walked up on me they would have tought I was nuts, but I thought it would be cool for the listing.
Maybe if you at least took pics of the nest and eggs you can post them on this site and link to it, we could all take our guesses.
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lablover
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5/1/2008 2:45:06 PM
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I have a photo of the nest with the eggs. How do I link it to this site?
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John C
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5/1/2008 4:17:26 PM
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Go to the "My Account" section (look up at the top of the page - on the green bar). Then look for the link to the Photo Gallery. It says something like "Upload to Photo Gallery" - then up load them there. Once you have done that, you should be able to click on the gallery or pic itself, and it will have a specific web address (aka URL). Copy that URL, the go back to the forum, reply to this post. It will open a new page for a new post. Then paste the URL in the URL: blank below. Type a "URL Title" like "Picture of Nest" or something, then click Post Message.
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lablover
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5/1/2008 5:53:34 PM
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I uploaded the pictures. Now where do I go to find the URL? Does it take a while for them to appear in the Photo Galleries section?
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Walter
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5/1/2008 8:09:00 PM
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KIng Fisher- that's my guess based on the location of the nest and the size.
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Walter
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5/1/2008 8:12:26 PM
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maybe not= turns out they build their nests in hole along the bank of a body of water. Darn...
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JohnGalt
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5/1/2008 9:58:52 PM
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go to google and type in "house sparrow" see if that might be a match
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| Name: |
lablover
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5/2/2008 2:04:08 AM
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It actually looks a lot like this bird, but not much like the eggs. I think I have seen these birds swooping around the lake, near the surface. The eggs are mostly white. Just a few random, pale spots.
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yellowcat
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5/2/2008 8:40:25 AM
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might be a martin...
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8hcap
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5/2/2008 2:07:16 PM
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I have not seen any pictures, but what you are describing sounds like a chimney swift. I have a large colony that lives in my chimney and nest in my pontoon boat above the pontoons. Apparently they are not bothered by occasional trips around the lake. Purple Martins are quite a lot larger and if you see on relatively close it is really irridescent purple.
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lablover
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5/2/2008 4:29:06 PM
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It sounds alot like a chimney swift except that the nest is very elaborate. From the nest pictures I saw on the internet, chimney swift's nest are pretty flimsy.
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dogleg
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5/2/2008 5:16:23 PM
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May be a Grackle, a med brownish/black bird with a noticeable yelloy/orange bill.
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