Casey, where was this locality? Just for the record... Bob Evans Geologist etc. Hopewell Township, Muskingum County On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Casey Tucker <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi All, While visiting my parents on Christmas evening I made a rather odd > observation. An Eastern Phoebe had made a nest this summer affixed to the > side of a porch light situated above a frequently used service entrance on > the front of their house. This entrance is in a sheltered alcove. Several > young birds were successfully fledged from this nest prior to fall. While I > was visiting my parents the other night for the holiday a Phoebe flew out > of the nest as I walked up to the entrance. Later as I went to leave the > bird had situated itself back into the nest and just a bit of plumage was > visible from below the nest. It was in the low- to mid-30's Fahreheit and > fairly windy. While I am familiar with the occurence of Phoebes throughout > the winter months, and I know Phoebes will re-use nests in the breeding > season and breed relatively early in spring, I have, to the best of my > memory, never come across a report of a Phoebe re-using its nest as shelter > during winter months. I've not done an extensive literature search to see > if this has been documented previously, but wanted to bring it to > everyone's attention in case others might come across something similar. > Thanks, Casey Tucker > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]