Howdy All,
They're at it again. Both adults are currently sitting on the nest
after it has been vacant for a few weeks. Obviously they've now bred
for the third time this summer. I first reported it in late October,
then we had young birds vacating the nest for a second time in late
January, they bred again in early March and now here in late April
they're having a fourth go for the summer. The nest is quite large
now, quite obviously a nest unlike the first time it was constructed
and used. It definitely seems that they can breed year around now,
as we are quite obviously coming into winter now with the night
temperatures, but that doesn't seem to be deterring them.
I am aware that there are some who regard these birds as a pest, and
some who would therefore wonder why I am reporting their
breeding. When I first asked about their habits I can widely
converging responses which ranged from breeding once, perhaps twice a
season, in the same nest, never in the same nest etc. I can at least
now report from my own observations that they repeatedly use a nest
throughout the summer (yet to find out whether they then occupy it
again next season) and keep breeding into winter (the latter
observation is the main new thing I have to report since the last
breeding). I thought it was worthwhile having all this "on the
record" to the list as I don't think many are observing them that
much (and I only am because they're in my back tree! <grin>).
Unless there are objections I will keep reporting as successive
breedings take place, so that we have a record of how often they are
breeding (well my pair at least) and how many times they use this one nest.
Cheers.
Paul T.
Higgins.
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