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cio tribune february 24 1988 time to learn about nests by art briggsjude now that the branches of tree and hedge are silhouetted against a wintry landscape its an oppor tune time to go nest hunting and while some folk of yestery ear pursued this pastime to en large their birds egg collection todays nesthunter has other mo tives in mind he may for exam ple want to make a photographic record of the different birds nests or an actual nest collection itself thats quite alright at this sea son for the feathered builders sel dom use the same nest the follow ing spring on the other hand an outdoor observer might want to study the makeup and construction of the various nests he encounters to be sure the variety of mate rials used and the various loca tions in which they are found make for an interesting field study from the bottlecapsized cradle of the hummingbird to the huge branched platform of the osprey an observer has much to learn other nesthunters go out at this time of year merely to check on the various birds that frequent their area during the summer months often by matching the strange calls that were heard against the particular nests that are now found an unusual breeding bird may be discovered at any rate a walk around your backyard woodlot or parkland today will certainly provide you with a num ber of pleasant surprises why right there for example in the centre limbs of that small cra- bapple is the mud nursery your old wormeating robin built and its hard to believe the chipping sparrows with their rusty crowns nested in that clump of hedge so close to the house actually besides furnishing clues to the different bird species occuring in an area nests often provide interesting tales in the lives of the weavers themselves a closer examination of that chipping sparrows nest will re veal the customary hair lining that in days gone by was invari ably horsehair the same nest these days will in all likelihood contain the hair of humans livestock or wild anim als and we can only speculate on where these small birds procured this material on the other hand the bulky kingbirds cradle fas tened to the mid upper branches of a mediumsized pine may con tain the skelatal remains of a young bird a clue tc the juveniles death may be found in the evidence of some small beansized particles showing through the nesting material in this case the screw worm nest fly larvae had claimed another victim in a nearby shrub the small compact cup of milkweed fibres plant down and fine grasses rest ing there belongs to our common summer resident the yellow warbler frequently found at eye level this nest reveals it had a second layer on top again a closer look reveals the added structure has been built on top of one or more eggs of the pa rasitic cowbird usually this proc edure to combat the cowbird occurs only once but there have been nests found with as many as six superstructures added each containing a parasitic cowbird egg further into the woods and often within 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