RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!
As I finally checked some e-mails I have overlooked, I came upon this and want to tell you that as I was growing up in the 1930s 40s there was a shelf-like board sticking out from the house on the front porch and above the porch railing. A Robin built a nest on that board, raised young and for 5 years she or an offspring built a new nest on top of the existing ones. They tolerated us humans coming in and out but they were making a mess on the porch with nest material, etc. so Mother finally took the nest down. I always have wondered just how high they would go ! Naomi Brewer Sheldrake/Wyers Point -Original Message- From: bounce-119412394-9392...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119412394-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 4:50 PM To: Robin Cisne Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest! 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lak e-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE 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.edumailto: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/ -- -- 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/ --
Update: robin nest reuse (was RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!)
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.edumailto: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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!
There is a Robin’s nest in my (rural) carport that has been used for numerous years by Robins and there have been multiple broods in any given year. One year the nest fell down but it was rebuilt by a better nest builder. Right now there is a second batch incubating or hatched; I can’t quite tell yet. There is lots of commotion in the carport as she is sharing it with a family of Barn Swallows with five little ones who have just fledged, but keep coming back to the rafters to roost. My comedy channel. Lois Chaplin Beam Hill From: bounce-119413468-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119413468-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Melanie Uhlir Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 1:27 AM To: Robin Cisne; Marie P. Read Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest! I always had that impression about Robins too. On 6/28/2015 3:23 PM, Robin Cisne wrote: 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.edumailto: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 Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608tel:607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ -- -- People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. — Iris Murdoch -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!
Robins seem to like to defy the biologists and rules [] I have seen my Robin build more than one nest in a year and that too in different locations. It seems like that if they are successful they would like to build in the same area or reuse the nest too. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf From: bounce-119415794-3493...@list.cornell.edu bounce-119415794-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Lois E. Chaplin l...@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 8:45 PM To: Melanie Uhlir; Robin Cisne; Marie P. Read Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest! There is a Robin’s nest in my (rural) carport that has been used for numerous years by Robins and there have been multiple broods in any given year. One year the nest fell down but it was rebuilt by a better nest builder. Right now there is a second batch incubating or hatched; I can’t quite tell yet. There is lots of commotion in the carport as she is sharing it with a family of Barn Swallows with five little ones who have just fledged, but keep coming back to the rafters to roost. My comedy channel. Lois Chaplin Beam Hill From: bounce-119413468-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119413468-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Melanie Uhlir Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 1:27 AM To: Robin Cisne; Marie P. Read Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest! I always had that impression about Robins too. On 6/28/2015 3:23 PM, Robin Cisne wrote: 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.edumailto: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 Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608tel:607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ -- -- People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. — Iris Murdoch -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!
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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE 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.edumailto: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/ --
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 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 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ -- -- *People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. — *Iris Murdoch -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!
Hi Marie, Last year I photographed this robin nest which had been added to for seven seasons. Here is the link. Thought it was pretty unusual at the time. http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/Galleries/Birds/Passerines/12959449_8PScNT#!i=3321550030k=9LSJhQT Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com On Jun 28, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Marie P. Read 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 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mrs Robin reuses her nest!
I always had that impression about Robins too. On 6/28/2015 3:23 PM, Robin Cisne wrote: 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 Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 tel:607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu mailto: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/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ -- -- /People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. — /Iris Murdoch / / -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- 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/ --
