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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Sorry, OT ! I came back from a long hiatus, and lo and behold, this thread is pretty well the only active thread that I found! The entire forum used to have a lot more frequent postings...
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    Thanks, brettski, if you are still there! I have successfully fledged 3 chickadees this year o:) o:) o:)
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    A terrible accident happened, my fault, all nestlings dead. Don't ask, I can't talk about it. I feel so sad and so guilty. I will logoff this forum for at least some time too.
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    2 of the 7 eggs have hatched, yippee yippee yay o:) Edit: now #3 has hatched, but I should really stop bothering them Edit: can't help myself, peeked again, now 4 or 5 have hatched, can't see clearly in the moving mass of pink hatchlings, and one egg has a big crack, so that one will hatch...
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    Feeders going really cheap {UK}

    Are you still getting birds to your feeders, though? My birds prefer the plentiful natural food out there |8.| But my babies are going to hatch either today or tomorrow, yippee yippee yay o:)
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    Yippeee, she is brooding, yippeee !!!! o:) o:) yippeee, she is brooding, yippeee o:) o:) I could never see the eggs, she always covered the nestcup with a blanket, smart bird, hid her eggs in the cavity when she is away! Since she has been roosting in the box for 8 nights now, there should be...
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    The female is roosting in the box, yahooooo !!! o:) The female is roosting in the box, yahooooo !!! o:) Edit: idelvent, I wish you luck! Sorry, don't know what else to say
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    Coal Tit finds new nest site.

    How endearing, soon to be mama bird literally making a nest for her babies!
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    I placed a layer of woodshavings in the box and my chickadees have taken it away! I am sooo hopeful o:)
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    Whimsical Birdhouse

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5RvCoIqHU
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    House Sparrow advice.

    Try to gather information from this link http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/resources/ It has a wealth of information about attracting cavity-nesting birds: what habitat the various species need, features and dimensions of a good nestbox, entrance hole sizes, etc etc, perhaps more than you...
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    Sparrow Issues w/Bluebird House

    This is what the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology has to say with their 'The Birdhouse Network' http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/resources/non_native/document_view
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    House Sparrow advice.

    The House Sparrow is a native species in Europe, and European birders are concerned about their declining population. The House Sparrow is not a native species in the Americas and American birders are concerned about their invasiveness. The two opposing opinions have been voiced again and again...
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    Good Wren House

    Be aware that the common House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) is a very aggressive bird, they often pierce the eggs of other nesting birds so that the eggs cannot hatch, and they sometimes kill the small nestlings. I would for this reason not attract House Wrens myself, but to each his own. This...
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    Typical Chickadee Nest and Habitat

    There is no risk of any harmful chemicals from dog or cat hair from the pet groomer. The pet groomer first cuts the hair off, and not just brush it, then bathe the pet. Cutting dry and fluffy hair is far easier than cutting wet hair that lies flat on the body of the pet. It is this cut-off hair...
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