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I was cleaning out the bird houses today and found a poor little House Wren that didn't make it.

Meadow and Murphy also found an egg on the lawn, so I guess there were two. Unfortunately it
happens that one chick may hatch late or be smaller and less able to fight for the food. They
did have a 100% successful brood in the top part of this house earlier in the year.

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Tom LeRoy		03-Sep-2012 13:45
Yes, unfortunate, but that's nature for you. I find a few of these that fall out of the nests.

Inga Morozoff		03-Sep-2012 02:34
We also find dead youngsters, although this year hasn't been that bad. We had a horrible year some time ago when we were finding dead and/or dying newly hatched chicks nearly every day. We'd even see the parent birds discard youngsters out of the nest.

Guest		02-Sep-2012 21:00
Sad, but great presentation. V.

Mairéad		02-Sep-2012 20:55
I guess that's the downside of the survival of the fittest.

larose forest photos		02-Sep-2012 20:43
Oh, that is so sad. At least the bottom photo shows a happy and healthy one.

Jim Coffman		02-Sep-2012 20:39
This is the sad side of nature.

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