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Mockingbird Nestlings Eaten!

Arti1
9 years ago

Yesterday we were watching 5 or 6 day old nestlings be fed in our backyard honeysuckle bower.This is the first year we have ever had such a nest to watch. Last night, in the dark, a screeching scream and this morning they are all gone. I am so sad! I saw both parents stare into the nest this morning and then fly off to their high places. They did not return to the nest again. Eventually I saw the two of them zooming by several times in the yard as if chasing each other. Does anyone know what the parents will do now that their nest is empty? I think they had a previous nest this season in a nearby fig tree. Will they use our nest again next year? Will they have another nest this year? Do they get over this loss pretty quick? I know I won't.

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