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Gardening in mediterranean climates => Wildlife in the garden (birds, butterflies, and how to attract them) => Topic started by: David Dickinson on June 18, 2017, 10:08:37 PM

Title: Not having much luck with birds so far this year
Post by: David Dickinson on June 18, 2017, 10:08:37 PM

To the north of me there is only one house and fields. The house has been empty for some time but the owner came by a couple of weeks ago and started a mass tidying up. The Nightingale moved on :-(

Now for some inexplicable reason a pair of normally shy Subalpine Warblers have decided to build a nest in a Bougainvillea about a foot from my back door. If they had bothered to tell me, I wouldn't have started to rake off dead bracts in the dark. It was only when I did this that I realised the nest was there. The bird flew out in panic and either I or she knocked at least one egg onto the floor. I will inspect fully tomorrow to see if there are other smashed eggs around. If they do decide to persevere and lay a full clutch it means that I will have no natural light in the bathroom for the duration as I won't be able to open the shutter. I'll also have to tiptoe gently when coming and going from the house. 

Title: Re: Not having much luck with birds so far this year
Post by: David Dickinson on June 19, 2017, 07:02:43 AM

Ooops, translated the Italian "Occhiocotto" as Subalpine rather than Sardinian Warbler. Sorry.