Morning all,
What should have been a very happy day has turned sad and I'm trying to do some leg work on a contingency basis and would love some input. Our EABLs had a 5-egg nest that was supposed to hatch this morning. Sadly it seems as soon as they did, the HOSP swooped in and took out 2 of the babies, one hatched, one barely out of the egg. They had flung 2 to the ground and one was still alive in the nest with no signs of being pecked as the HOSP may have been interrupted by us going out to the box. We managed to clean the nest and CAREFULLY get the babies back inside and the spooker is back up @ full strength with extra streamers but the HOSP are still circling and the EABL parents while seen when we first went outside have not been back to the box since. Does anyone have a network they can tap into to find someone who has a Day 0/1 nest that MIGHT be able to give these baby EABLs a shot if the parents abandon the nest completely?? Another local nest with babies about the same age that might be "adopted" Or am I out of luck because they're so small and likely won't make it w/out mom + dad. If that's the case, should we wait till the babies expire (god that hurts to write), clean the nest box and take it down till we can find a trapping solution for the HOSP? This is the first nest that I've had any HOSP interference with and it's killing me inside even though I know it's a part of having EABLs. Thanks! Sarah Brooklyn Park, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
