Loss of a nest searching sees the real tale of ‘Avian Sister Better halves’ on St. Thomas, Onts, Porch

Finding a Robin’s nest on the front verandah was nothing new to St. Thomas, Onts.

During a specific spring, Copland stated that it does not see more than five lighter blue eggs in Robin’s nest. This is why she was surprised to see more packs in a new nest above her porch light in late April, and put a camera for investigation.

“I was surprised and surprised that by night, two women were incubation of nests at the same time,” she said, saying that the relationship was already difficult.

“Initially, you can tell that they were very unhappy with each other … they used to cut each other’s beak, peck on each other, they used to jump over each other so that the other could be found to fly and sometimes it would work.”

“But I think it can be just the most stubborn and dedicated Robin Mama who was ever in existence, because none of them were ready to give up,” Copland said.

After a three-day battle, two female birds eventually decided to work together to increase their eggs in shared nests, he said: They turn to see and feed the children’s now-Hach group.

He said, “They rarely squall. They look almost as they are super bonded and love each other because they nap in the nest together,” she said.

According to Ontario Nature Executive Director Andres Jimnez, this behavior is unusual for robins, but not completely unheard.

“If you think of this with a lens to be a very desirable man in a magnificent area, where there are some places for a safe nest, it will help women to be willing to share a nest,” Jimanez said. “I refer to it as a housing crisis.”

While Mother Birds on Copland’s porch share parenting duties, Jimnez stated that nests “assistants” – words for birds that help lift infants who do not necessarily have their own children – can work in different ways in different relationships.

“There are birds that do not lay eggs and help, there are examples of a pigeon and robin that are laying eggs in the nest and feed all chicks … There are some birds examples that delay their reproduction to help their parents back to other birds, when they come back from migration,” he said. “Everything is possible.”

“(Robins) are optimal, they are flexible, they solve problems in ways we still cannot explain completely,” Jimanez said.

How many dads?

On the porch in Copland, six eggs were eventually composed, although one of one parts was pushed out of the nest and died in a long weekend, extending mothers with five birds.

Copland said, “This is a very tight situation. They are quite full there … You can see them fluttering their wings and try to push each other around so that they could take place,” Copland said, he said that he made a soft landing pad under the nest and often investigated to ensure that another fell out.

Copland said that there are also a male bird or two in the picture. While he is uncertain that how many men are involved, he has recorded at least one to co-cook food to bring back food.

He said, “I am a very strong feeling that actually two are full pairs, so it makes it even more interesting because it is not that a man has children with both, which means that women were motivated to share this nest for some reason,” he said. “It’s like a large family that is stuck in a house.”

The story has obtained traction in birds watching Facebook groups, with hundreds of people interacting with Copland’s daily photos, videos and nest updates.

“I think it is very unique, different and odd, and there are many questions, so it wants to exclude people,” Copland said. “I think we also want to see them successful. We want to see them in a situation that is difficult or difficult, and we all listen to them good for them.”