http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/nest-watch-in-your-ecosystem-garden.html Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/nest-watch-in-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1839 Carole Brown Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:26:50 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1678#comment-1839 Karyl, we startled a mom Chickadee last year, too. Hopefully I'll never do that again! We noticed that Mom had chosen a box that we had left right near the back door, so we moved it further out into the garden in hopes that she'd be more comfortable and less disturbed than by the door. Well, Mom perched right next to the door and scolded us for hours, making no attempt to go to the box where we'd moved it. Needless to say, we returned the box back to the place she had chosen, and tiptoed past it on our way in and out of the house. She definitely gave us a piece of her mind! Karyl, we startled a mom Chickadee last year, too. Hopefully I’ll never do that again! We noticed that Mom had chosen a box that we had left right near the back door, so we moved it further out into the garden in hopes that she’d be more comfortable and less disturbed than by the door. Well, Mom perched right next to the door and scolded us for hours, making no attempt to go to the box where we’d moved it. Needless to say, we returned the box back to the place she had chosen, and tiptoed past it on our way in and out of the house. She definitely gave us a piece of her mind!

]]> http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/nest-watch-in-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1824 Karyl Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:44:43 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1678#comment-1824 I do this. Great kids project too. Carolina chickadees have picked out a box, which is our third year having them, the titmice are scoping out an owl box which they have done for the past two years. My titmice like to go McMansion. Last year was very active surprisingly as I have no undergrowth. I'm lousy at monitoring boxes once the babies hatch though. Disturbed a Mom chickadee once when I thought she was out, scared the peas out of her. The guilt! The anxiety waiting for her to return just about did my dork self in. .-= Karyl´s last blog ..<a href="http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-trees-and-shrubs-in-my-garden/" rel="nofollow">Native Trees and Shrubs in My Garden</a> =-. I do this. Great kids project too. Carolina chickadees have picked out a box, which is our third year having them, the titmice are scoping out an owl box which they have done for the past two years. My titmice like to go McMansion. Last year was very active surprisingly as I have no undergrowth. I’m lousy at monitoring boxes once the babies hatch though. Disturbed a Mom chickadee once when I thought she was out, scared the peas out of her. The guilt! The anxiety waiting for her to return just about did my dork self in.
.-= Karyl´s last blog ..Native Trees and Shrubs in My Garden =-.

]]> http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/nest-watch-in-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1823 Alison Kerr Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:42:59 +0000 http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/?p=1678#comment-1823 Guess what I'm just about to write about for my first post of the week? I'm going to send my readers over here for the Nestwatch segment of my article. There's so much to write about related to nesting... Guess what I’m just about to write about for my first post of the week? I’m going to send my readers over here for the Nestwatch segment of my article. There’s so much to write about related to nesting…

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