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A Successful Bluebird Hatch!
Two years ago, we hung a couple bluebird boxes that year as part of a New Year’s Resolution to create a more hospitable yard. One was hung in the front yard on an Elm tree, and one was hung in the back yard on the blackberry trellis. I documented the efforts of a bluebird pair which ultimately ended in the death of all the babies. After the failed attempt by the bluebirds, a family of House Wrens succeeded in the box on the trellis. The next year (2018), there was a succession of nesting attempts. Bluebirds inspected it for a few days before being chased off by chickadees who took…
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Bluebirds
One of my resolutions for the year was to further establish habitat for the birds in our yard. We installed two bluebird boxes, which I picked up from my local State Employees Credit Union. The box on the blackberry trellis was quickly found by a pair of Eastern Bluebirds, and after a brief kerfuffle with a Brown-headed Nuthatch, they soon made the box home and laid five perfect, light blue eggs. The second box appears to be inhabited by House Wrens, and the box is filled up past the hole with twigs, so I have not been able to monitor it like I have the Bluebirds. Bluebird box on the blackberry…
