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July 3, 2010
Bluebird Trail - 7/3/10
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Above: Box 1. I was surprised to find a White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) squatting in Box 1. I'd seen him hanging around recently, but this bird was just hunkered down in the birdhouse and did not appear to be building a nest. This box previously contained a decoy House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) nest, which I removed.
Not shown: Box 2. This box is currently empty. It previously contained a decoy House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) nest, which I removed.
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Above: Box 3. A breeding pair of Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) are currently building a nest in this box. Today I moved this box to a separate post wrapped in tin to prevent predation. The Western Bluebirds were confused at first, but quickly resumed nest building. Previously, this box contained 5 baby Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) which were killed by a predator.
Not Shown: Box 4. This box has an empty House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) nest. According to the neighbor's kids, these chicks were killed by our cat Timmy,
Not Shown: Box 5. This box contained a Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) nest with eggs, but was abandoned, possibly due to predation. Today, I removed the abandoned nest and eggs.
Not Shown: Box 6. This box is empty. It previously contained a House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) nest with 3 eggs, but was abandoned. Possibly due to predation.
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Above: Box 562. This box contains one healthy happy Mountain Chickadee chick (Poecile gambeli). The other eggs in the nest did not hatch for whatever reason.
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Above: Box 7. This box contains 5 healthy Tree Swallow chicks (Tachycineta bicolor).
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Above: Box 8. This box contains 6 healthy Western Bluebird chicks (Sialia mexicana).
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 3, 2010 at 10:58 PM
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