I just returned from a quick peek into the nest box and saw 4 eggs therein! One had some white on it and I don't know why. Hopefully its just a pigment thing. If it's excrement from mama, it will cause a sterile egg. But since she's a veteran egg-layer extraordianare, I highly doubt that she'd be so careless.
My nightmares continue because I know that the predator remains in the yard at night. I know this because I forgot to take down the suet cage before heading to JazzFest (Buddy Guy was *great*!) and it had been ravaged by the time we returned around midnight. It also got into the drip pan of our Weber grill, a problem I solved by placing the pan in the grill for safekeeping. I'm hoping that the lack of tasty treats will convince the raccoon (I'm *sure* that's who it is) to move onto other pastures.
Posted by Elizabeth at June 21, 2004 11:48 AM