Well this is interesting...some people are telling me that robins indeed have reused nests in their yards for multiple broods in one year, on the other hand a local biologist just told me that her experience with rural robins is that they never reused their nests. Maybe the reuse is an urban/suburban phenomenon? Rural robins might simply have more locations in which to build a nest, robins closer to human habitation may have limited options so reuse is more common? Any thoughts?
Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin Available here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/G0000NlCxX37uTzE/C0000BPFGij6nLfE ________________________________________ From: Robin Cisne [rfci...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 3:23 PM To: Marie P. Read Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest! I thought robins usually did that, as long as the subsequent clutches are in the same year. A pair that nested under our covered patio one year raised two batches in the same nest. On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote: It's highly unusual for a songbird to reuse a cup nest, but outside my kitchen window I have a female robin refurbishing the nest from which she (presume the same female) and her mate successfully raised three young a few weeks ago. Haven't yet got a good look at exactly what material she is bringing in. Marie -- 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/ --
