Hen turkey here still has four poults. They are now about bantam sized. Checked the Phoebe nest today. Only one hatchling. Wonder if the cowbird sneaked back and reparasitized the nest?
Sat on the club porch and watched four Phoebes feeding on the lawn below the parking lot. Female was on the nest so male and three of last broods young?
One day last week I saw a broken Phoebe egg on the porch beneath the nest. A cowbird will frequently toss one egg when she parasitizes another bird's nest. Checked today, and there is a cowbird egg along with 4 Phoebe eggs in the nest. This is the first they have been parasitized in several...
Saw a turkey hen with perhaps week old poults in the backyard. Couldn't get close enough to see if she was one of the transmitter hens, and how many poults she had.
There's a large decaying white pine stump on the lower side of our parking area. Something has been doing significant digging around it looking for grubs/ants/ant eggs. I thought perhaps a skunk or raccoon, but today I saw a Pileated Woodpecker working the area - tossing clumps of grass and...
Time to open my eyes and get looking. A club member mowing paths says he saw a turkey hen with 8 or 9 poults around 2 to 3 weeks old and that one was yellow/white.
I have always felt that 'White Bird' is female because of her size. This morning 'she' was riding the air currents with a very large Redtail female - 1/3 larger than her. Perhaps she is a very large male? I got a close up look at her. She has one brown flight feather and one parti colored...