The family of Great-crested Flycatchers fledged and left the nest box this morning July 12th Rice Lake Twp just North of the city of Duluth.
Upon inspecting the nest box they were using I discovered one unhatched egg of the six that started in the clutch, so I think they were successful in rearing 5 young. Also of interest was the nest made of moss, short dry grass, and pine needles with bits of celophane? like cigarette pack wrapper, and several snails? They were small perhaps .5 inch "coil" type snail.. not sure if aquatic or terrestrial. Not sure if they were left over food or what. Regards, Waiting for rain in Duluth Don Kienholz _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
