Just found out the birds have hatched 4 little Dark-Eyed Juncos in the gutter under an eave by my front door. So glad, Florence Oregon. A family has just built a nest in the rafters underneath our deck. Just found a nest in one of the planter boxed on our deck railing. Can see 5 little eggs.
Now the challenge is how to water the planter without disturbing the nest. That being said, there are devices that are built to deliver water directly to the roots. A popular kind is glass and globular at one end with a long thin tube that sticks into the dirt — it can be filled with water and stuck into the soil so that the end of the tube delivers water directly to the plant roots.
This can help water your plants and still keep the birds nest safe. Junko built nest in my Irish ivy pot, in my courtyd in late june. We made a pact to not water the fuchsia if we found eggs in the nest. Today I removed the basket for watering and I found two eggs in the nest so no more watering. There are a number of people reporting that for juncos that build in hanging plants, the parent gets scared off when someone comes outside. A security camera is a great way to watch without disturbing them!
Did you ever see the parents come back? Some juncos set up a nest near our back door in a bike helmet. I had the cover off for about 5 mins getting pictures of his bike for him. The mama bird was very mad at me but left after about five minutes.
Can a nest be moved or will she abandon it? Any suggestions? Most likely it would be abandoned. How did it work out? I tried putting chairs under the bike cover to mimic the bike but it appears the mama has likely abandoned the nest.
Within days of this, I interrupted a mama building a nest in a planter on my back deck. I was hoping to discourage her since I have 2 dogs and a cat who spend a lot of time out there but she persisted and there are now 4 eggs. I suspect that the female is still building her clutch, which is usually 4 eggs.
She will start sitting when all 4 are laid in order to have a synchronized hatch. A nesting pair of Junco's discovered the open garage about a week ago and despite me being constantly in and out have tried to take up nest building; I found they had started a nest inside an open box of Splenda sitting on a shelf at the back end of the garage.
We cleaned that out and closed the box, but they continue to hang around whenever the door is up. Thanks for sharing, Wayne! While unusual, sometimes birds find places to nest that we consider strange or "unnatural. The mom built a nest on a recessed ledge near the roof, thus out of eyesight and soon enough was feeding her hatched chicks, along with the dad, who worked vigorously throughout every day to provide food.
Every time they did so, the chicks squawked loudly, a noise I would not have recognized had I not known from where it came. Then, this past Saturday, the last chick flew out of the nest and onto the porch, where it hopped around for an hour or so while testing its wings, its parents regularly nearby to keep an eye out.
At last it flew off the porch, and the newly airborne chick and the parents flew off into the woods. On Sunday my porch was strangely quiet and uneventful, and I immediately missed the junco family who had spent a month or so in quarantine with me.
Then yesterday, Wednesday, the parents showed up on my porch together and flitted around for 5 or 10 minutes! I like to think that they were saying goodbye. Update: the Junco couple has decided to re-use its nest on my porch. The female Junco is currently incubating the eggs while the male occasionally perches himself on the open porch door to vociferously click at me, undoubtedly expressing his annoyance that I am near the nest.
No matter, we've all been here before who would have thought! Yesterday while mowing, I had a near miss with a junco nest. I mowed right over their nest, and luckily I had the blades up high enough where it didn't get destroyed, or stepped on! But now the nest and eggs are exposed! I'm wondering if I should go out and place some long grass over top, or something to protect them from predators.
Oh, that's too bad! I don't know if there is anything to be done. Anything you do is likely to bring even more attention. Fortunately, juncos nest several timers per season. There is still time to raise another family if this one fails. How long does it take for juncos to lay their eggs? I found a nest in my hanging fuchsia planter with two eggs in it. The next day there was another but have not seen the mother around.
I thought the nest had been abandoned at first. Good question, Mona! Most birds lay one egg per day in the nest until all the eggs in the clutch are laid. Only then do they incubate. That way all the eggs hatch about the same day. Chicks grow so fast--they need to be the same size to all survive, as the larger, noisier chick gets fed more. Thank you very much Greg!!! We have a pair of juncos who decided to nest on our front porch on top of a small wood ledge below the roof.
We decided to drill a small wooden platform to extend the surface area today Thanks for sharing your junco story, Tina! Can you perhaps tap a couple small nails part way in to hold back the bottom sticks from blowing away?
They may need to learn to look for a better place! Birds learn from failure too. Hi Greg, thanks for your response! We ended up attaching a short wood border around the platform and so far so good! The nest looks pretty solid today. We had a pair of juncos lay 4 eggs in a nest inside our geranium pot along the central coast of California in early June. We removed the nest and the unviable egg hoping the parents would build a new one in the same spot we heard they don't reuse nests.
Less than a week later they started on a new nest. There was one egg in the nest yesterday morning but no additional eggs were laid today. Should we be concerned the nest was abandoned? I thought they lay one egg each day. So it is 10 degrees out tonight.
We have a junco that eats seed on our deck during the day. Should we move him into the garage for this polar chillif we can get him into a bird cage we have. The juncos will be just fine.
The stress of capture may be worse than the stress of cold weather. Loved your info ane videos. We have lots of them in our yard Woodstock CT They were ground feeders.. They were there inthe coldest months leave for North by april and May. I also go to northern Vermont woods to hear my favorite songster the Hermit Thrush Thanks for sharing, Cindyanna.
You may find the juncos in your mountain woods in summer. Oh, the song of Hermit Thrush is so amazing and ethereal! I love to hear them sing in the mountain forests in summer. I've not written about them in this blog. But I have mentioned them or shown their photos in a couple of my personal blogs over the years.
Yesterday I found a junco nesting in a large wreath that hangs on my front door here in San Jose, CA. Needless to say, I cannot use my front door now since opening it brings a highly agitated bird, nest and egg s several feet into my living room. The little bird is adorable in my wreath but it is also extremely inconvenient. How long does the process from junco egg to fledge take?
How wonderful! In general, 3 weeks from laying to hatching. You should have your door back by June I too have a junco nest on my front porch, on a beam where it meets the roof. But I find funny is that my 12 year old Yorkie likes to sit on his little bed on the front porch and watch people in cars drive by.
He doesn't bark at the juncos and they don't mind him at all. Anytime I walk out the door however, Mama bird flies out of the nest and calls for Daddy bird to come investigate. On April 13th we had a dark eyes Junco mama lay four of her precious eggs in my hanging basket on the front porch. Today is April 28th and mama bird was not in the nest so I had my husband pulled the hanging pot down for me to carefully water and WOW, we have babies!
I carefully and barely watered as I gazing down at these naked open mouth little birds who are moving but not making a sound Mama bird came back as the hanging pot was being placed back and did a little jig on the porch railing for us before flying up to her babies.
Oddly enough, the mama bird isn't scared of me. In fact yesterday she flew down to my feet and quietly watched me as I talked to her then she proceeded to walk on the porch railing and dig around in my new flower garden before flying to her nest.
Such a neat reward. Thanks for the wonderful article on Juncos! I work at a park and we found a nest inside a drawer in a seldom-used restroom building.
We are closing the room until they fledge and were happy to learn some more about these cute little birds. Greg, my mother and I found a black-eyed junco nest in one of our potted plants on the ground in our backyard.
There were 4 newborn black-eyed juncos, with eyes still sealed shut. We were absolutely delighted! Now, three days later, the baby birds are all gone. We're devastated. It looks like the nest was tampered with by a predator. What could have happened to the babies? We were concerned about the location of the nest. The potted plant is a bit of an anomaly and almost directly in the middle of our backyard.
It was not well hidden from other animals. We live in Southern California if that's helpful. We really want to protect the baby birds. How can we prevent this from happening again? Thank you, Greg! Oh, that is sad. Remember, I wrote in the article: "They usually produce two broods per year, sometimes three. That's maybe eggs in an average 5-year life time. To keep the population stable, only 2 eggs hatch and reach adulthood to breed themselves in those 5 years, in order to exactly replace the two parents.
In fact, dark-eyed juncos are often regarded as one of the most common feeder birds in Canada. You can attract dark-eyed juncos to your backyard by planting native plants, shrubs and trees and letting them go to seed. Juncos are particularly attracted to the seeds of weeds and grasses, so let a corner of your garden grow a bit wild. Be sure to have some dense shrubs nearby as juncos get nervous without escape cover nearby. These efforts will not only provide dark-eyed juncos with a food source but will also offer them places to nest and find protection from predators.
Instead of using pesticides, leave juncos to take care of your insects. All your backyard wildlife will benefit from letting nature run its course. Dark-Eyed Junco. Description: Dark-eyed juncos vary geographically in terms of their colouration.
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