Hi Margaret, I've also seen robins start a nest and mourning doves take it over, and visa versa - in our wisteria trellis. Also had a mourning dove nest in our gutter 2 years in a row - don't know whether it was the same bird each time. Patty McKelvey Sheffield Village; Lorain Cty Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would I fly away and be at rest. > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 21:40:39 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Raptor nests > To: [log in to unmask] > > Of course, bald eagles take over nests of other birds. The Utica eagle's > nest was taken over from a heron rookery, and the Black Hand Gorge eagle's > nest was a former great horned owl's nest. I think that is just what big > birds (and some smaller birds!) do. I remember a few years ago when I went > with OOS to The Wilds, someone pointed out a nest that had been used > alternately by great horned owl and red-tailed hawks. > > For three years running, a mourning dove nested in the exact same nest, on a > beam in a machinery shed at my uncle's farm. Then, this year, after sitting > on the nest for a couple of weeks, it was gone, and nearby a robin > constructed an identical nest to the one that had been used by the mourning > dove. This leads me to believe that mourning doves are opportunistic, too, > and that the dove I had watched was using an old robin's nest. I'm curious. > Has anyone else observed other species of birds using nests they did not > build themselves? > > Margaret > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeanne Schneider" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Raptor nests > > > I'm all for using the artifical nests for Osprey. My reason being, I have > friends that live in Cass Lake, which was supposed to be one of the most > highly nesting areas for Bald Eagles. When I went up there we checked out > all the Nests my friends knew about that you could easly get to, they were > all taken over by Osprey. That leads me to think that they'll possible do > the same here and take over the Eagle nests, unless they're supplied with > artifical nest posts in the water especially. > Just my thoughts. > Jeanne > > --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Carole Babyak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > From: Carole Babyak <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Raptor nests > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 12:36 PM > > > One thought on Osprey nests in cell towers and other man-made structures: > Many of the Ospreys released in Ohio came from Langley Air Force Base - VA - > near Washington DC. They were nesting on the flight lights which was > dangerous to the jets and the Ospreys. These young hatched-out with jets > taking off and landing beside them, so they are not bothered by trucks, cars > and motor boats. Perhaps it will take a few generations to seek natural nest > sites. Another question on the subject: Do they nest in natural sites on the > east coast? I've seen pictures of Opreys nests on bouys etc. Have they > adapted to man-made structures out of convenience? > > Carole Babyak > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. 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