Feathers and Fuzz

one woman's cure for the empty-nester blues

Don’t you just hate it when your nest disappears?

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Finch Pair Bring Nesting Material

The House Finch pair started bringing nesting material to the nest platform they used in 2018.  They had a good start to their nest when it suddenly disappeared.  When the pair returned to add material to their nest, their confusion was obvious.  WHO took the nest?!  They started over.  Two hours later, the nesting material disappeared again.  The culprit was the wind blowing the nest away.

Out came that 16' extension ladder, a piece of lumber, drill and screws.  In short order, the platform had a side wall and the Finches delighted in their nest's success (as did the human).

Sweeping Under the Rug to Get at the Ugly Stuff

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A number of people have asked me to post the predator/harsh videos I have collected over the past several years.  Somehow, rewatching the Wolf Re-introduction video is helping me get through this series on Backyard Predators.

I categorize this content as "Ugly" and there is a link, so named, at the top of this blog's home page.  When The UGLY link is marked with a STAR, content less than 1 week old has been posted.  From the beginning of this blog, I made the decision not to post these stories on the home page.  They shouldn't be fed to your inbox if you opted in for post feeds.  They won't show in the "Up Next" section.  Bottom line:  If you want to see this content, you will have to look for it by clicking on The UGLY link.

Software and its users (in this case, me) are known to have flaws.  If things don't go according to design and a post shows up where it doesn't belong (your inbox or the blog homepage):   All ugly content videos are stamped with the word UGLY in bold/red.  Don't open the video if destruction is not your thing!

In the Coming Weeks

I am going to clean out the videos I have saved and get them published.  If you are so inclined, you will read/see stories of several snake attacks, the effect of nest mites on nestlings, how a bird parent deals with a weak nestling, how a bird parent handles deceased nestlings, a hawk attack on a Mourning Dove, the bear attack on the Bluebird house as seen from inside the house, and what happens when "Momma Flyer" doesn't come home.

And now, with a tip-of-the-hat to my snake-loving friends ... we're off.  The first of this series, the oldest dust under the rug, has been posted.