Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

$9,000 for a cat??
Oops wrong thread

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Cow birds lay their eggs in other birds nests. They hatch quicker and grow fast. They have a push reflex to push the others out of the nest... according to a PBS documentary...
I have seen a pair of blue birds feeding one cowbird chick. No baby Blue birds in sight

Yep.
I have seen that in person too.
They do it the Cardinals as well.
My grandpa always had good luck with blue birds in his yard as long as the cowbird Stayed away.
He used to always check the houses for cowbird eggs and throw them out. I suppose that's how they survive and it's part of nature..
But they can do that somewhere besides my backyard. I want to see the baby bluebirds and Cardinals

 

[CindyinSD]

Cow birds lay their eggs in other birds nests. They hatch quicker and grow fast. They have a push reflex to push the others out of the nest... according to a PBS documentary...
I have seen a pair of blue birds feeding one cowbird chick. No baby Blue birds in sight

I read on Wikipedia that if the nesting birds push out the cowbird egg, the cowbirds often come back and destroy the eggs of the nesting pair.

 

[Molpet]

I read on Wikipedia that if the nesting birds push out the cowbird egg, the cowbirds often come back and destroy the eggs of the nesting pair.

I read something from the county forest preserve that if you take one out of a blue bird nest the blue birds may know an egg is missing and leave the nest.

 

[jerryse]

Morning and frosty here . I hope this is our last frost . Tilled the garden . Wanting to start planting seeds .

 

[memphis]

Chilly here too Jerry. 45....may be a record for us.

 

[jerryse]

Chilly here too Jerry. 45....may be a record for us.

It may be a record here also . Depending which weather app you look at . Old record was 31 and weather apps range from 28 to 31 .

 

[Cebarmlds]

It’s snowing here.

 

[CindyinSD]

That's probably the same snow that snowed here day before yesterday. Yesterday was nice--got quite a bit done. Today I don't know how the turkeys are keeping themselves from blowing away. The chickens are (very sensibly imo) sticking to inside spaces. Tomorrow and into the forseeable future it's s'posed to snow.

 

[Cebarmlds]

It wasn't snowing when I started planting cherry trees but I kept going and was muddy and frozen toes and fingers when I finished. The hot shower was awesome. I hope the little buds don't freeze off.