Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Bird Watching - Spring 2014, Cont'd, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I have a new denizen--again--who has set up housekeeping in my BIG pot
in the WS Bed.

The other day--I was watering the pot--like always--just stuck the hose in it and
let the water run....and this Carolina Wren dashed out of the pot.
I thought--OK! It must have just been in there....

Tonight--i was watering it again--and the Wren ran out to my big Azalea bush and
was fussing loudly (at me?)...That is when I realized there must be a nest in there...

I tried to peek in among the many flowers growing in there, but all i saw was a
pile of dead grass in, kind of, a bunch. Weird!

Decided to Google a C. Wren's nest--and seems that is how they build them.
Into anything--containers--old boots--anywhere....
NOT the greatest place to build a nest!!! I need to attend to this pot!

OH MY!!! What do I do now???? I will have to water this pot with a trickle.
Don't want to soak the nest....and the babies when they hatch.
From my Google results--the eggs are smaller in Diam. than a quarter.

Here are a few pictures (from Google) of some nests that they build.
Just like I saw in the pot--a heap of dried grass and stuff. Opening not seen.

The last picture is of my pot sitting on top of a BIG black pot.
Many things in there will be growing bigger and bigger...the canna--
the Dragon Wing begonias--
The nest is somewhere to the left of the bunch of the blue flowers. Heliatropes.

edited to say--
that is a 16" pot with a flared out lip from Aldis. Gladiolas coming up all around.



This message was edited Jun 17, 2014 8:04 PM