Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Bird Watching - Spring 2014, Cont'd, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I removed the soaked Robin's nest from my Rose bush a few days ago
it was, most definitely, abandoned. Soaking wet too. maybe that is the reason.

I was amazed about how well it was made! Some very fine and rigid, thin, dried
vines of some sort. Very stiff--so this was the underneath structure.
Then--it has a layer of whole, dried leaves forming the "cup" of the nest-to-be.
Then the usual dried grass and bits of this and that.

I put it on a foil tray lined with paper towels. Will take it to "nature Kid"--August--
next time I go there.

--The bird nest when it had a egg ib it
--Here is the bottom of the nest--all layered with dried leaves
--And there it is looking from the top.

Good construction job--if I say so! G.