Comments on: More Chipping Sparrows http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/more-chipping-sparrows/ A Writer's Reflections on Nature and Culture Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Liz http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/more-chipping-sparrows/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Liz Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:16:23 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3280#comment-296 I agree. It doesn't look like a great place for a nest but from what I've read chipping sparrows do tend to nest fairly low to the ground. I'd have to do some more research to understand why. There are certainly no housecats around (and we don't intend to get any precisely because of what they do to songbirds), but there are probably bobcats, weasels, cougars, coyotes, and all sorts of other wild predators. Yet, so far the nest seems undisturbed. The ways of nature are intriguing, aren't they? I agree. It doesn’t look like a great place for a nest but from what I’ve read chipping sparrows do tend to nest fairly low to the ground. I’d have to do some more research to understand why. There are certainly no housecats around (and we don’t intend to get any precisely because of what they do to songbirds), but there are probably bobcats, weasels, cougars, coyotes, and all sorts of other wild predators. Yet, so far the nest seems undisturbed. The ways of nature are intriguing, aren’t they?

]]> By: Silver Fox http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/more-chipping-sparrows/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Silver Fox Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:26:46 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3280#comment-295 I would think that such a tiny tree wouldn't be a great place for a nest. Maybe there aren't any cats around? I know some birds nest successfully on the ground - usually with their nests well hidden amongst brambles. I think that can even work in house-cat country, but am not sure. They are so cute! I would think that such a tiny tree wouldn’t be a great place for a nest. Maybe there aren’t any cats around? I know some birds nest successfully on the ground – usually with their nests well hidden amongst brambles. I think that can even work in house-cat country, but am not sure.

They are so cute!

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