Hanging Begonia Plant

Hanging Begonia Plant

by Richard
(Montrose, New York)

We had hung a begonia plant out on our deck and everyday noticed that petals were suspiciously falling off along with some stems. My wife also noticed a bird flying away every time she opened the door to the patio.

One day, my wife stood up on a deck chair and noticed a nest in the begonia plant with two blue eggs. We also heard a rather irritated bird chirping (rather yelling) out in the woods and figured that the bird was upset we were near her nest.

To make a long story short, upon further observation we noticed that there were 3 eggs in the nest and tried not to upset the mother robin whenever we were around but rather enjoyed her company through the window of our closed door.

After reading this site, we suspect that the eggs will hatch any day now since we first noticed the nest approximately 10 days ago. We have also named the robin, Becky, (sort of a nickname since she lives in a begonia plant!) and will keep you updated when we hear "little chirps."

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Jul 06, 2010
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Hanging petunia plant in Minnesota
by: Rita

Yesterday noticed my visitor robin sitting in my hanging white petunia plant. Five days ago I first noticed a disturbance when I checked the plant with a moisture meter. A robin on a branch very close to my front door really put up a fuss, seemed he/she was angry with me and was calling for reinforcements, as several other birds came around, including finches and at least one cardinal, all joining in the cacophony.
As the days went by, I assured my visitor on the tree branch that I was a friend, and he/she piped down the rhetoric after a few minutes. But today a neighbor suggested I check the plant to see if it contained a nest, which I did, and was happy and surprised to find three beautiful blue eggs. We wondered if the male or female sat on the eggs, but these comments from others solved that problem, it has to be the mother bird. Now I will just watch and wait for the next chapter. Luckily, here in New Brighton, MN, we've had lots of rain lately. I won't have to bother the nest.

Jul 22, 2009
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One Tough Little Bird
by: Sheree

Same thing on my front porch. A wren has nested in my hanging begonias. We try to delicately water the plant off to the side. But today, she dived out of the plant and swished between my daughter and me. She chirps and squawks. I have not been able to get close enough to see the eggs. I don't think there are babies yet, because I only hear the mother bird.

Jul 17, 2009
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Becky in the begonia
by: Bonnie

Oh how adorable! It's amazing where they'll decide to put a nest.

We had Carolina wrens that nested under our carport for the first time, and we took to using the front door rather than the kitchen door entrance, to leave them in peace as much as possible. I got to see at least one of the fledglings being lured away from the nest by Mama Wren.

Please do keep us updated on Becky & her brood.

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