http://monarchbfly.com/2008/05/27/crow-blowflies/ My life is about living with nature - here you can live it with me! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://monarchbfly.com/2008/05/27/crow-blowflies/#comment-17039 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:38:36 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=658#comment-17039 Hi Mon@arch,
This is exactly what I love about your blog. I would never be able to interpret sightings the way you do. It’s like getting an excellent tour guide at a fabulous museum.

]]> http://monarchbfly.com/2008/05/27/crow-blowflies/#comment-16994 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:54:52 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=658#comment-16994 I had no idea blowflies would infest the birds like that! As for nature being nature, well, I had a raven kill a mourning dove at my feeder today and proceed to consume it right outside my window! (I wrote a post about it.) Glad the crow didn’t get those babies but it seems like to wouldn’t have mattered since the blowflies killed them anyway.

]]> http://monarchbfly.com/2008/05/27/crow-blowflies/#comment-16944 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:05:54 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=658#comment-16944 Great photos, Tom. I’m not trying to make light of this particular situation, but having seen so many nesting failures — for one reason or another — I sometimes think it’s a wonder we have any birds at all, but thankfully, we do.

]]> http://monarchbfly.com/2008/05/27/crow-blowflies/#comment-16932 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:24:58 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=658#comment-16932 I had a sad baby bird story, too. I have bird feeders out front for the first time, and unknown to me in my busy-ness, a pair of House Finches nested in the large hanging light holder outside over the front door. (The light has been out for some months). We had very windy weather lately, and I was cleaning the areas around the doors – and came across 5 dead babies on the front door mat covered in ants. I cleaned it all up, and the next day the sixth was on the door mat covered in ants. Since there was no trail to the mat, I assume that the ants found the nest and killed the babies there. I am thinking of putting up a bird box next year, but it would have to be ant-proof. I have to be more vigilant next year. But, I was so busy with work and used the front side door all the time so did not notice their activity.

]]> http://monarchbfly.com/2008/05/27/crow-blowflies/#comment-16909 Wed, 28 May 2008 17:46:46 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=658#comment-16909 What a shame! Last year we had a mockingbird with three babies in a shrub out front. They were so cute and then all of a sudden some were dead and one was on the ground. It was very traumatic!

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