Got some good looks at the re-nesting robin this morning...she is re-lining the used nest with what look to be dead pine needles. Don't know what she was bringing yesterday. I was hoping that she would be bringing mud, theorizing that mud would cover whatever nasty ectoparasites might still be lurking from the first (successful) nesting attempt. But I guess one could argue that dead pine needles might still have some residual aromatic substances that could act as an ectoparasite repellent.
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 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. -- 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/ --
