No complaints at all, Chuck. Glad I jogged your gray matter. We have a row
of tall, thick hollies along our back line, and much of our bird population
seems to reside there, mostly out of sight. We had a robin pair build a
nest on top of a retractable clothes line, beneath the overhang of the roof.
It seemed like a perfect spot, but no others have tried it. The biggest
problem I have had is with Tohees, who seem to want to nest in areas that I
have to trim. And they also like to fight their images in the mirrors of my
truck. ;~)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Bird Nest..Sort of
>I hate to take the attention away from your excellent image but your
> subject heading reminded me immediately of a time some 30 years ago when
> a bluejay couple was trying to build a nest in our front yard. They
> must have been a newly married teenage couple since their attempts and
> failure to build a nest were both comical and a little sad.
>
> The had chosen a young maple tree for the nest whose trunk diameter at
> human head height was only about 6-7". They tried to use the lowest
> branch as the support. It was only about 1" or so in diameter. Every
> time they would attempt to place a twig on the branch it would fall off
> to the ground. Rather than recover that twig and try again they would
> fly off and return later with yet another twig. After 3 or 4 days of
> constant failure (they never got a single twig to stay on the branch)
> they finally disappeared. They must have been totally exhausted. I've
> always wondered if they were ultimately successful that year and, if
> not, if they stayed mated until the next year and tried again.
>
> OK, back to regularly scheduled glider programming.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/16/2013 4:58 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Spotted these gliders nesting in a corner.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bird+Nest.jpg.html
>>
>> Olympus E-1 with Leica Elmarit-R 60 Macro
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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