Avian Architects: Part 5

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About 85 species in North America make nests using cavities, birdhouses, gaps in structures or holes found in tree hollows, telephone poles, abandoned buildings and more.

Of the birds that use nest cavities, most woodpeckers (Picidae) including the northern flicker [Colaptes auratus] and red-naped sapsucker [Sphyrapicus nuchalis] tend to be the species that do the hard work of excavating many of the tree cavities. Fewer birds excavate their own holes in trees. But of those that do, the woodpeckers are by far the best known. The cavity using opportunists include bluebirds (Sialia), chickadees (Paridae), house sparrows, house wrens [Troglodytes aedon], nuthatches (Sitta), the bridled titmouse [Baeolophus wollweberi], violet-green swallows [Tachycineta thalassina], many parrots, and even some small owls such as the northern saw-whet owl [Aegolius acadicus]. Red-cockaded woodpeckers nest in cavities that can take years to construct in a living tree. They live in groups and will have as…

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  2. Sam's avatarSam

    Oh I had a Barn Swallow build a nest in the light fixture above my main house entrance and had to use the side entrance until they fledged. They now return and rebuild the nest which I must remove due to fire hazard if the light were accidentally turned on. They are beautiful birds but make a terrible mess as they just poop over the side the nest all over my front door. I will try to find some of the pictures I took of them.

    You probably notice the many bird houses and gourds that I have all around my place, I love them, and the purple martins too, though noisy, they keep the bugs and mosquitoes down. House sparrows and tiny finches nest on my porch where I can watch them along with the many hummingbirds. The hummingbird nest are difficult to find but I have a hammock which I can lie in to watch the trees above to follow them to their nest.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I’ve always wanted to see a hummingbird nest but never have. Sparrows I have had experience with and once “saved” one fallen from a nest and abandoned and successfully re-seeded it into a nest of sparrows at a friend’s house. My one victory. The other attempt to rescue a baby bird failed when it fell from a nest and broke its wing. I recorded that little story on my blog.. with my friend and I trying to teach it how to fly..

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