BIRDS OF THE PRESERVES
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From Stacey Fradkin: 6/2/09: Hi, there. I went out to LCWP today and did a bit of birding. I thought you might like to know what I saw--it was a great day! Also, the bird that is nesting in the donation box is a Bewick's wren. (Stacey's List)

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Part of an email from docent, Natali S, reporting on bird action at Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

. . . the Coopers have hatched. I was there yesterday and we had a crowd. One woman came to shoot the Cooper's nest and was able to see two babies. I could never see more than one. Another man with an enormous lens got pictures of one baby with her mother. Anyway, the one I could see was all white down with huge black eyes. So cute. Also, the hummers have two babies. And the Sayes Phoebe that we've been seeing near the kiosk has her nest in a large Cholla in back of the Russian Olive near the Coopers nest tree. She has two large babies. The wren stayed in the R. Olive and called a lot. When I knew she wasn't there I looked in the box and found only one egg left. I wonder if a snake got in.

Email from Stacey: When we were there on Saturday, there were actually 3 phoebes in the nest in the cholla. A second pair of phoebes are in the nestbox close to the cholla, and a pair of ask-throated flycatchers are in the nestbox at the end of the south trail. We also looked into the donation box and there actually were 5 baby bewick's wrens. All eggs had hatched. There are so dark in color and blend in so well, I wonder if Natalie could have missed them. They really look like part of the nest.
Photos: Mother Coot on the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve Pond
Featured Feathered Friend: Bewick's Wren

Pronounced (BUE wick's - Bew rhymes with new)

Male and female build the nests and help feed the baby birds.

Feeds on ground , trees, brushes - eating insects and spiders.
Habitat: thickets, brush and open woodlands in rural or suburban areas.

Nests consist of twigs, hair, leaves and grasses. Lined with feathers and
grasses placed in a variety of cavities. Explores every crevice. Nests in
wide variety of places such as mailbox, fence post, tin can, clothing,
crevice in wall - and in our case a donation box made to look like a bird house.
May also use a nest box.

Eggs - 4 to 11, white with dark spots. Incubation time: 1-14 days;
Fledging time: 14 days. Usual number of broods per season: 2 to 3.
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