[obol] Ckickadee nest abandoned....

[Roger Williams]

I checked the nest box in my yard that the Chestnut Backed chickadees 
had been using after seeing a Downy woodpecker hammering at the entrance 
tonight. I had not seen the parents around for weeks now. When I looked 
inside I found 10 eggs, alas, abandoned. Very sad. Plenty of earwigs had 
moved in. Probably needed to be higher away from the mower more. Maybe 
next year.
Roger Williams