Aspen down...

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:19 pm

.....and look what we found,
about 5 years ago a pair of Pileated woodpeckers made a nest in there, and hatched a batch of very loud young.
Ever since then the tree was slowly dying ( might have been the other way around, the tree was dying and that's why the nest) well, it finally came down and brought a very surprising find, the eggs are huge, about silky size, no development started, I candled them :)

ross · Post by **ross** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:31 pm

Go figure . We have a pr here , sure noisey That last pic OC log with entrance hole in it , could yu put a flat roof & bottom on it & set set up for any bird to nest in ? Luck

Post by **thejonesboy** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:33 pm

Very Cool! Good idea Ross.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:53 pm

Why don't you try hatching them OC????

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:54 pm

ross wrote:QR_BBPOST Go figure . We have a pr here , sure noisey That last pic OC log with entrance hole in it , could yu put a flat roof & bottom on it & set set up for any bird to nest in ? Luck

Definitely going to give it a try, great idea!

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST Why don't you try hatching them OC????

Now Gill, sounds little bit illegal and plenty crazy :)))

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:56 pm

Illegal, smillegal..go for it... :running-chicken:

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:02 pm

Ya all just trying to get me in to trouble aren't you?

Poultryprincess · Post by **Poultryprincess** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 1:05 am

Seriously you think it is Illegal ~ for real?
Since you don't have ANY incubators, there's NO chance of getting into any trouble!

It really WOOD be nice to make a bird house out of the piece of trunk with the entrance hole.
That's one was to stay outta trouble (*o*)

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:10 am

I have 3 incubators, so plenty of opportunity to get in to trouble,

....and yes since it's illegal to keep any wild life in captivity my guess would be that hatching a clutch of pileated woodpeckers would fall in to that category.

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:31 am

Well, its dead eggs or chicks....you can always hatch them and hand them over to the wild bird rehabilitation outfit in ottawa....i'd have them in the incubator in a heartbeat..whats to lose?... I don't get some of these regulations seriously....there's never any wiggle room for common sense