Respectfully, I find this to be conjecture at least in my experience. I have come very close to Blue Jays, Mocking bird, Cardinal, and lots of Duck nests and never had an issue with the mother not coming back. I have been inches from stepping on her nest probably 15-20 times over the weekend and...
Thanks for the quick reply. I haven't been "watching" I just went back to see if she had come back about 7 hours later and noticed she was not there, then again 7-8 more hours (this morning) I check again, keeping a safe distance, and she was still not there. Since I found it at 5 pm yesterday...
I live in a rural area (in Florida) and have wild turkeys all over my property. I've been doing a bit of land clearing in an area of my property where I'm going to be building a woodshop and a barn and yesterday I was moving debris and I tossed a stick into an open growth area and I accidentally...