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Description:

Empty birds nest

Habitat:

Northern Ontario

Notes:

Taken in Latchford Ontario

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10 Comments

TylerFoden
TylerFoden 12 years ago

I would compare it to a robins nest for size and depth. (I found one at work while moving a truck, the photo bird's nest is slightly larger then the none i found at work but pretty close)

As for height of the nest i am 6'2" and I slightly bent over to take the photo.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Ok Tyler, How deep is the nest??
How High up in the tree is it located?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/653...
and this is a blue bird nest.
Your nest looks quite deep.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/637...
Tyler this spotting includes a doves nest which fell off our oak tree.

TylerFoden
TylerFoden 12 years ago

Could it be that of a robin ?

TylerFoden
TylerFoden 12 years ago

Nope very small almost the size of my stretched hand

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Tyler,this is definetly not that of a swallow.
I am more inclined to say that this is a Hawks nest . One that hawks like to build their nests high up in the tree at least 6 ft above the ground. A pine Tree can provide that kind of location. Also they like to build the nest between forked branches so that they ca have a good aerial view of their territory. Is the nest about 3 ft wide?

TylerFoden
TylerFoden 12 years ago

I did have a poke around it. There was mud used in it's construction. Where this was taken there are no doves. It will not let me move the location to the accurate spot. There are hawks in that location. It was above a mine shaft on the my property about 400 meters or less from the Montreal river if that helps. Thank you for your post.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

The material seems to be twigs , Doves usually use softer material.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

It really looks like a Hawks nest to me. I have seen hummingbird nests and they are very small. Swallow nests are made of mud. Dove's usually make their nests on oak tree and not so high up. Hawks would ideally choose pine trees.

TylerFoden
Spotted by
TylerFoden

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jun 15, 2011
Submitted on Jun 16, 2011

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