Nest building on the Nature Cam

[ForestGal]

Just curious - how would you get the bleach smell outta there so that other birds will be attracted to the nest box? 

[Hillbillies]

Does anyone know what predartors the blue jays may have? 

Our nesting blue jays are all gone.  The four baby birds were only about 2 weeks old.  They are all gone.  No sign of the babies on the ground.  Very sad....

A couple of years ago I spotted an owl in our neighborhood.  Is it possible an owl would prey upon the baby birds.....

[gypsywolf]

When we had a nest near our house, I watched a raven swoop down and pluck a youngster from the nest.

I am sure if an owl had access to a baby jay, they would certainly take advantage of an easy snack.

If they fall out, they are fair game for any critter wandering by.

[Wrightwood]

Outside cats are a huge problem for the bird population in Wrightwood.

[Nolena]

Yeeup.
I keep chasing loose cats away from my deck, where I have a lot of bird feeders. (A hose works well.)
It's a pain.

[ForestGal]

Is there not a Steller's Jay nest for the cam this year?

[Wrightwood]

We currently have three nest cams we are watching and there has been no permanent activity in any of them.

Steller's nest cam - the pair have been in and out of the nest a few times in the past week but construction has not started.

In the Acorn Woodpecker nest there was some extreme hanky panky going on this past week, a few different times so it's possible we could have something soon in that nest.

The Flicker Nest has not seen much activity for the past few weeks so that one I'm not sure about.

My gut feeling is that the local wildlife mating is all out of wack due to the screwy weather we've had this past 6 months.