[obol] Re: Small nest

[Douglas Kirkpatrick]

The nest is a perfect shallow cup, very fine and made of woven fine grass
with dark brown, almost black, down in the lining. Most of the species
mentioned are rare in this neighborhood with the possible exception of
Orange-crown's. 

Doug K 


Many songbirds make small nests such as you describe. Since we know the
location is in a grape vine in a vinyard, that limits it to low nesting
species. Some of the contenders are: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow Warbler,
Willow Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Hutton's or Cassin's Vireo, and
maybe song sparrow. What did the nest look like.

David

>News from a vineyard in Medford:
>
>2) I just found a little nest (inside diameter = 1 1/2 inches) in a 
>chardonnay vine. The nest is abandoned and there are no shell 
>fragments. It seems too large to be a hummer's nest. Other possibilities?
>
>Stay cool.
>
>Doug Kirkpatrick
>Medford
>


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