Wildlife: New Cardinal Family - Part 2 in Series, 1 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
Magpye, Snakes. Oh, my I think that you are right. You know, I thought about those snakes the day that she 1st built the nest. I knew how much the black rat snakes had "dogged" the mockingbirds with their nests in the front yard. Then on the USGS site I read that mockingbirds kill snakes! (Those mockingbirds are some mean little dinosaurs. I've even seen them attack a cat.) I had thought about putting some of that snake repellent around the arbor. Then I decided I was being paranoid. Later with all the focus on raccoons, I forgot all about snakes. The USGS lists raccoons and snakes as the major predators of Cardinals.

You sound like me - trying so hard to find some other explanation. But, no, the part of my yard that I refer to as my garden is enclosed by a 6' privacy fence with a locked gate. Also, given the difficulty I had in just getting a camera aimed into the nest, I don't see how any human could have gotten the birds out without damaging something in the process.

Having that empty nest feeling : (