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melanie

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« on: June 21, 2005, 01:23:58 pm »
anyone know anything about birds?  we have a problem- 1 bird built a nest 2-3 months ago and has been sitting in it ever since.  (yes, shes alive).  thing is now there are 2 birds sitting in the nest!  there aren\'t any chirpy noises so I dont think anything has hatched.  is it possible mama bird is being ousted?
what kind of birds could they be?
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2005, 01:25:43 pm »
the one on the right made the nest.  the one on the left is the invader.  they seem to be different bird species.
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2005, 01:27:58 pm »
if they seem to be getting along then whats the problem?
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2005, 01:46:16 pm »
i dont know, do you think its normal for there to be 2 of them?  to be honest he\'s more worried about them than i am ;)
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2005, 02:13:56 pm »
They look pretty happy to me!
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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2005, 04:13:11 pm »
the one on the right looks like a mature dove... the one on the left looks to be a juvenile of a different species.
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2005, 05:09:09 pm »
i don\'t think that this is normal for birds..i think it\'s just supposed to be the mama bird sitting on the nest, the one on the left looks a little strange...

i don\'t know a lot about birds but you could always call the aspca or something and ask them about it..maybe the one on the left is the reason there aren\'t any eggs/babies?
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2005, 05:16:20 pm »
thats her back door man if you catch what i\'m throwing.
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2005, 07:19:04 pm »
Perhaps the original bird arrived early and just set up shop fro the both of them. The 2nd bird got side tracked on the fly north and just took its sweet time finding its significant other


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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2005, 12:13:26 am »
Brood Parasitism...nature can be so cruel sometimes.

There is a bunch of stuff on the web about it.
http://fsc.fernbank.edu/Birding/parasitism.htm

My guess is that it is a juvenile cowbird.
http://realindy.com/cowbird.htm
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