During my nest find, I found around 14-15 other nests in oak trees but without the orange tie. They are smaller cupping nests, the size a cardinal makes, and some are flat mourning dove. They are not obvious to see, camouflaged, blending seamlessly in the oak tree branches using oak tree moss, leaves, grass, and twigs. One of the nests, I see a female cardinal sitting in. I first found her on a branch within the tree, and I was patient to stay long enough to see where she went. I have a several pictures of it. This active nest is in a branch hanging over the street in the trim zone. The tree is not tagged nor is any of the trees with the 14-15 passerine songbird size nests I observed.
the anonymous ribbon found on 10 trees without any identification to whom it belongs or why it is there.
large nests on the main trunk are found in the trees with orange plastic ties. These are not nests of the passerines we were focused to save. These are the easy nests to spot.
this isn't really off the main trunk bifurcation but it's a larger leafy nest - no orange tie.
------------these nests below this line are camouflaged, small, hidden. No orange tie found. One apparent nest is seen with a female cardinal sitting in it. -----------
-------END female cardinal sitting in what looks to be a nest ---------------------
-------BEGIN sampling of other nests found in oak trees where trunk not tagged with orange tie--------
