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    Help w/ bird garden

    If you mean for inside pond when you say top of water Hardy parrots feather is a nice plant that will spread on surface of water. I have some in pots on shelves in pond. Iv had it for over 5 years now just lower it in water during winter. Another plant is lizards tail that grows about 18 inches...
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    Planting For Hummingirds

    If you have a fence that it can climb Major wheeler honeysuckle vine is a hummingbird magnet all summer long and is not invasive.
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    Mom Bluebird left

    Thanks! Just wanted to update. Four of the five eggs hatched and babies seem to be doing well. Mom and dad are keeping them well fed. I put up a sparrow spooker after first egg so hopefully it does its job. I have the camera hooked up so that I can watch them day and night on seperate tv. I...
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    Mom Bluebird left

    Well so far we have 3 babies! So exciting
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    How to get rid of ant mound? Help

    Try boiling water. I had a few and after pouring boiling water on it a couple of times it did the trick. They also make out door ant bait traps were the bait is hidden inside ( birds can't come in contact)and they take it back to nest. They come with stakes to hold them in place.
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    Mom Bluebird left

    Thanks, hopefully everything is ok she was in there last night and all day.
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    Mom Bluebird left

    Well this morning mom came back and is in box as I type and dad just brought her food. In very confused on what's going on. I checked my notes and its actually 8 days exactly since last egg was layed and I was so sure she started incubating them. She has been in box not stop except for a few...
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    Mom Bluebird left

    I had a pair of bluebirds in my nest box, she layed 5 eggs and has been sitting on them for over a week.Tonight about 9:30 I noticed she was gone from the nest box (I have a camera in box) and its been at least an hour and half and she has not returned. I am so upset and confused, she was...
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    Very Confusing nesting behavior

    I think it was mom that raised the baby. Noticed 2 more eggs after she ate 2 . she kept acting like she wanted to sit on them but it seemed as if something was bothering her. She could stop itching and eventually let the nest after awhile in the dark and haven't seen her since. Maybe mites. Have...
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    Very Confusing nesting behavior

    Still not sure what's going on but a mom not sure new or old one is in nest box tonight but as I'm watching her she just ate 2 of which I'm assuming are unhatched eggs. She has brought some new nesting materials back to box.
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    Very Confusing nesting behavior

    I apologize for long post but in April I watched mom chickadee build nest on nest box camera. Layed 1st egg April 14. All together she layed 9. Only 2 eggs hatched a day apart. The 2nd baby was MUCH smaller and disappeared about 4 days after hatching. The 1st baby continued to do well. Slowly 1...
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    Chickadee not brooding

    Actually there are 8. Makes sense now.
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    Chickadee not brooding

    I have a nest box with camera in it and was very excited to see a chickadee building a nest. She layed her first egg on the 14 of April. Its hard to see because she covers them now but it looks like there are about 6 eggs. She has been staying the night in box since she started building the...
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    sharp shinned or cooper

    Hello. I am hoping someone could help identify a bird that was in my yard feeding on a robin. I have several feeders in the yard and came home before to find feathers all over like a bird had been plucked. Today I came home and to my surprise I found this bird in the yard feeding.
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