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Making the rounds this morning looking for early nesters I found two in my yard. One was in an empty Satellite TV Cable spool, I hung up as a nest box. The other was in my next door neighbor's nest box that she has me clean and monitor all year. I Don't know what type of birds they are, yet, but I suspect they are good ones, NOT House Sparrows. Possibly, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, or even possibly Eastern bluebird in my Neighbor's box. All of these birds nest in a box or cavity, ONLY!

cool. when are we going to get pics?

Right now, Jiffy!

Here is the nest in the cable spool house. This probably a Wren, Chickadee, or Titmouse nest. Hopefully I'll find out.

CABLE-SPOOL NESTBOX


Here is the nest in the standard Nestbox. I am fairly certain, now, that it IS a House Sparrow nest, due to the amount of trash and feathers used to make it. This is VERY typical of House Sparrow nests.

HOUSE SPARROW NEST IN NESTBOX



Surprisingly, there has NEVER been a COMPREHENSIVE study done of the nests of each bird species, to my knowledge. I feel that such a study would be INVALUABLE to our understanding of birds and have started making that a priority for me each spring. Please feel free to post your pictures of bird nests here and if possible get the species that made it.

those are too cool thorny. i'd love to look at stuff like that.

Here is a nest the mamma is still working on
not sure what bird it is she is small and looks brown with long beak
and here is another shot hoping to see eggs soon have to get another pic today she is making it inside my mail box lol

OK Betty, from your description it DOES sound like a Carolina Wren. See if you can get a picture of Momma.

{{Darn! I wish I got pictures of the tree swallow nests before I cleaned out tose bird houses!}}

Ah Thorny today I get to be the teacher Titmouse nest:Bottom of cavity lined with bark strips, dead deciduous leaves, moss, grass; nest cupped, padded with hair, fur, bits of string, cloth.
Carolina chickadee: Bottom of cavity thickly lined by female with moss, animal hair, rabbit fur, feathers, and down of milkweed, thistle & cinnamon fern.
Do you see {either} nuthatch there??
White breasted Nuthatch:Cavity lined with bark shreds, twigs, grasses, rootlets fur & hair.
red breasted:bark shreds, grass, moss,feathers.
tken from Petersons field guides: Eastern Birds Nests, Hal H. Harrison
isbn0-395-93609-8
Its a GREAT refrence.

We have the White-Breasted Nuthatch all year and every few years we have a Winter invasion of the Red-Breasted Nuthatch here. I have seen and heard BOTH species here.