I have posted a question about the Carolina Wren a few days back and had it answered pretty quickly...so I'm hoping for some words of wisdom now!
The nest had 4 eggs in at last look by me over a week ago, and they since have hatched ( I assummed because mommy or daddy were going in and out alot w/ bugs), and so I had my husband keep his car out of that side of the carport as to not give one of our very persisitent cats a launching pad to get up there to it.( She tried once a few weeks ago when she noticed the parent perched on the rim of the wastebasket/nest).
Well, this morning when I went to open the back door to the carport, I noticed right away that the evil cat had been left outside overnight( they are all usually in every night), and she ( I am assumming), managed to get up there somehow and knock the basket over on its side ! I was soooo mad, and ran right up to it , got a stepladder to stand on and held my breath as to what I may or may not have found when I peeked in... The nesting material was all but completely loose and dangling from the basket and at first glance I didn't see anything at all...but then I noticed a very small baby mixed up in all the mess. I untangled him from the material and re-arranged the nesting material back to its almost original looking mass while looking for others in there. I placed it in the cup of the nest( it was still very much alive and begging for food), and starting looking for signs of anyone else... In the rim of a planter on the same shelf I found another baby( not as spry, but alive) and placed it in the nest w/ the other one and then put everything back the way it was. I stepped inside and berated the evil cat while resigning to myself that thjey were as good as dead I suppose( I've had too much death recently-its getting to be too much
) I walked past the sliding back doors about 10 minutes later and saw mommy or daddy wren perched on the rim of the basket going in and out-and looking distressed. I was happy to see her/him but now I wonder if she is going to abandon thee two left or will they still try with what they got? I saw her/ him flitting around the trees here hunting for insects-so I'm hopeful that they will keep trying, but I wanyed to know if anyone knows anything about their typical behavior in this type of situation.... HELP!
Memphismommy1 aka Wendy
