06-08-2022, 05:57 PM
We have robins that have been nesting for years on top of our porch light. They are nicely sheltered from storms, etc but not from other birds. We watched as a blackbird drove off the robins and feasted on their three eggs. The robins have never had a successful brood.
I still feel bad for wiping out a number of hatchlings while mowing my back yard after a return from a long trip a number of years ago. The grass was a foot high and the birds had nested in the tall grass. As I mowed one of the birds began to dive at my head. I was too dense to pay enough attention to that behavior to understand what was going on. I only figured it out after making a second pass (first pass cut high, second pass to desired length) and seeing the remains of the bloodied chicks in the grass.
I still feel bad for wiping out a number of hatchlings while mowing my back yard after a return from a long trip a number of years ago. The grass was a foot high and the birds had nested in the tall grass. As I mowed one of the birds began to dive at my head. I was too dense to pay enough attention to that behavior to understand what was going on. I only figured it out after making a second pass (first pass cut high, second pass to desired length) and seeing the remains of the bloodied chicks in the grass.