Hi all, I have been seeing fairly large pieces of plastic bags/ sheets in the American Robins nest last few years and I have been wanting to survey the robin nests and plastics in them. This year I have so far seen only one nest with plastic of the dimension of approximately 10 inches x 5 to 6 inches.
I am curious to know where they put plastic sheet. Is it above the mud plasters or do they integrate it into mud plaster. Also If it is above the mud plaster how the rain water is collected or drained. So this is the best time to locate Robin nests. If you have one near your house or see one somewhere and has plastic in it, could you please email me the location and size of the plastic if you find any plastic in it? About lunch walk - I took a lunch walk today afternoon hoping for an eagle or two. All I found was a few Turkey Vultures, three migrating Red-tailed Hawks and two Killdeer, besides Chickadees and nut hatches. Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Ph: 607-3011167 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- 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/ --
