That's really strange. Do you have them on a heat pad? I've had soil stay moist under a dome for literally weeks without watering it. I suspect either your heat is way too hot and causing the soil to dry out or that your soil wasn't moist enough to begin with. Regardless, all you can do now is wait and see. Sometimes they will still germinate, sometimes not.

Thanks for all the reponses. The nest is 60 to 70 feet up in the air, so there's no way I can discourage the hawks to leave. I do miss the songbirds; they won't come back to our yard until the hawks leave. Actually, I think at least one hawk was here all winter. I really disliked the hawks at first, but I will confess. The second year I happened to look out the window and saw something white fall from the tree where they were nesting. One of the birds had fallen (or more likely was pushed) out of the nest. Fortunately the Husky was inside, or the hawk would have become a snack. They were just babies then, too young to fly. When I saw the hawk on the ground looking at me, my heart melted and I ran inside and called my vet. I got the number of a wildlife rescue volunteer and drove the hawk about 30 miles to her house. I even gave her money to buy mice to feed the hawk! My attitude changed a lot that day. The young are amusing to watch as they learn to fly; they can always get back to the tree but not quite to the top, so they walk/hop the rest of the way. As for the crows, the hawks bully them and always win. I guess I hadn't thought of the droppings and bones as being good fertilizer, thanks for telling me. Anyhow, the hostas have been doing very well in their garden, and as I'm out there watering/hosing off the droppings, I'll think of you guys. What a great forum!

I've had a TRES here since Saturday the 17th, in Central WI. Monday there were two but now we are back to one again. It isn't doing much house hunting yet, just hanging around. Will be the first year the Blues (that are house hunting already) will get their choice of nestboxes cause normally the TRES are here first. Lisa, I am messing with two friggin male HOSP, got one with the BB gun yesterday but I missed the other one this morning, feathers flew but he flew away just fine. Have the vanert set for him now as he was in a box just a bit ago. Ugh! Donna

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