Subject: Nesting Bushtits, hummers, crows . . .
Date: Mar 27 10:24:37 2001
From: John C. Withey - jwithey at u.washington.edu


All kinds of crow tidbits from Sunday!

Does anyone know of crows nesting downtown? I haven't spent any time
looking there but will be down this Sunday and am curious about how crows
do in the "urban core". We were thinking of monitoring nests this year
downtown.

Which leads me to my next request: if people are out and about in any of
the following parks, and happen to see nesting activity by crows, I would
love to hear about it so I can follow up and find the nests. We will be
actively searching and monitoring in these areas but it doesn't hurt to
have tweeters' eyes out too. Nests in nearby (a few blocks) neighborhoods
are of interest too.

Study sites:
St. Edwards' - Big Finn parks (Juanita)
Bridle Trails (Kirkland)
Farrel-McWhirter (Redmond)
Beaver Lake (Sammamish plateau)
Rattlesnake Lake (S of North Bend)

thanks for any observations,

john

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On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 AfriKid16 at aol.com wrote:

> Tweeters -
>
> While working outside yesterday, my Dad noticed some busy little BUSHTITS
> constructing one of their incredible nests on the underside of a tree branch.
> Some AMERICAN CROWS are building a nest in a nearby tree, and knowing their
> love for Bushtit nests, I'm hoping they don't find their little neighbors.
> Also, a female ANNA'S HUMMER has been plucking cat hair and lint from a
> nesting material box I made last year. Happy Spring!
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Tyler Davis, 16
> Mercer Island, WA
>