We have 4 yard CROWS this year. Two days ago, one of them was noticed carrying a thick grass stem. Yesterday, the stem was replaced with a small stick from the walnut tree. Today, the small stick was replaced with a slightly larger one. In addition, another of the 4 was seen peeling strips of bark from a small branch of a basswood tree. The stick carrier, if it is the same bird each day, mostly walks about here and there on the lawn, as if not quite sure what to do with it.
Is this possibly a yearling bird "practicing", and do the yearling birds help the older adults with the actual nest building? S. & S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
