Comments on: A Nest in the Ginger https://glendalarke.com/2010/08/nest-in-ginger/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:28:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2010/08/nest-in-ginger/#comment-19489 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:45:50 +0000 #comment-19489 No, it's not edible. Not because it's poisonous, it's just not tasty. Some of these forest gingers are used for perfumes and bath salts and that sort of stuff, though. There are lots and lots of different varieties. One of my husband's hobbies…

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2010/08/nest-in-ginger/#comment-19488 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:19:47 +0000 #comment-19488 Much better kind of nest than the one you had in your bathroom LOL

When you refer to gingers, are we talking edible ginger here?

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2010/08/nest-in-ginger/#comment-19487 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:18:20 +0000 #comment-19487 This pair of bulbuls build at least two nests a year, laying two eggs each time. The maximum known longevity of a YV Bulbul is 17 years. They are sexually mature at one year old. So if they raised all their young to maturity, in 17 years one pair would have almost 70 offspring and they would all have young…imagine the population explosion! Of course, this doesn't happen. Most young birds die. That's the cruel nature of things…

In other words, it doesn't do to get too upset by the death of individuals in the bird world. It's the way things are.

]]> By: Unknown https://glendalarke.com/2010/08/nest-in-ginger/#comment-19486 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:00:39 +0000 #comment-19486 These pics remind me of my childhood.

The bulbuls nested anywhere, were notoriously careless (or silly) parents, and the chicks had a high mortality rate.

I finally got fed up of stepping into the garden to find chicks fallen from the nest being eaten alive by ants… and plugged all 'nestable' nooks and corners of our garden.

The bulbul parents in your garden seem pretty smart though, the chick looks secure.

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