2/4: HOWR dummy, wasps
5/6: TRES,no feather, PW
5/26: 4 eggs
6/18: 1 egg, TRES building, juvenile in box, 7 divebombing. Must have been a failed nesting. Big black spider jumped out.
6/24: poorly made nest, no eggs
B
NABS N
41.58.404
71.57.316
TRES S
5/11
5
6/1?
4
1?
2/4: HOWR dummy
4/9: 1/2" grass
5/13: 3 eggs
6/2: 4 hatched, 1-2 d?
6/18: very large babies, box partly open
6/24: 3 dead babies, maggots, fecal on walls
2/4: wasps
5/6: 1/4 nest, PW
5/26 no eggs
6/2: ants, 5 eggs
6/18: 5 babies, one 1-2 days smaller, small ants
6/24: look good
8/5: successful
F
PETE NE
41.58.489
71.57.240
TRES S
6/1?
2
2
2?
2/4: wasps
5/6 nest, PW
5/13: no egg
6/2: 2 eggs
6/18: 2 babies, ants
6/24: big
8/5: empty - not much poop. Dead wasp.
G
NABS SE
4158504
07157301
TRES S
5-6?
6/18ish?
5
2
2/4: wasps, corpses 1-2 5/6 TRES few strands, PW native and European
5/13: no egg, PW, 5/26 NE
6/2: 5-6 eggs, F wouldn't flush
6/18: 5 very young babies
6/24 5 look good
8/5: 3 dead babies, feathers not fully out (sheathed)
H
GILWOOD
41.584.460
71.57.334
EABL S
TRES S
after 5/6
4
4
4
4
4
4
2/4: male EABL perched
5/6: 4 babies, one egg, box open. taped shut
5/13: babies hungry
5/26: fledged
6/2: TRES nest no eggs
6/18: 4 TRES eggs
6/24: 4 days old?
I
NABS bark
4158431
07157287
TRES S
5/13
5
5
5
2/4: wasps
3/11: pair EABL
5/6: ant nest with eggs! replaced nest.
6/2: 5 eggs
6/18: 5 healthy babies
6/24: really big
J
NABS
retention
pond
41.58.486
71.57.370
TRES S
HOWR
5
5
4?
3
4?
3?
2/4: HOWR dummy
4/9: EABL perched
5/6: TRES 1/2" nest
5/26: 5 or 6 eggs?
6/18: can't remember
6/24: look fine
8/6: HOWR - 2 unhatched eggs, some feathers on babies
K
24F
NABS road
41.58.515
71.57.457
EABL S
HOWR A
5
5
5
2/4: HOWR dummy
4/9: 3" needles
5/6: EABL BIG
5/13: close to fledging
5/26: fledged, new EABL nest
6/2: no eggs
6/18, 6/24: HOWR dummy
7/15: HOWR5e
L
PETE
lower office
41.54.426
71.57.287
EABL F
TRES?
EABL S
after 5/24?
5
4?
4
5/6: completed nest, few feathers, no eggs.
5/13 Taken over by TRES, just added a few feathers
5/26: looks like EABL
6/2: 5 EABL eggs
6/18: 4 EABLs? look healthy
6/24: 4. nest filthy, changed
7/15: had fledged
M
GILWOOD
by entrance
41.58.523
71.57.491
HOWR F
TRES S
5/31
3
2
2
5/6: tiny bit of grass, PW
5/13: no nest something roosting
5/26: few sticks
6/2: 3 TRES eggs
6/18: 2 babies, 3 eggs
6/24: 2 babies
7/15: had fledged
12
GILB
below corner
new for 2006
TRES S
5
5
5
5/6: empty, no PW
6/2: 5 TRES eggs
6/18: 5 big babies
6/24: look healthy
7/15: had fledged
14
GILB P w D
No pred gd
new for 2006
TRES S
5?
5
5
5/6: nest - EABL? TRES? no feathers/eggs. No PW.
5/13: no action
6/18: 5 babies
7/15: had fledged
8/5: paperwasps
KEY
BCCH = Black-capped Chickadee
EABL = Eastern Bluebird
NABS = NABs style nestbox
PETE = Peterson style nestbox
TRES = Tree Swallow
PW=paper wasp
YEAR
# boxes
EABL
TRES
BCCH
HOWR
2004
2:10 fledge=5 per box
0
2 nestings, ~ 10 fledglings
0
0
2005
13:39 fledge=3 per box
3 nest attempts in 2 boxes. 2 successful (4 nestlings lost from 1 nest). Total of 14 eggs, 12 hatched, 8 fledged. First egg 4/19.
3 F HOWR attempts in 3 boxes. 1 F HOSP attempt, 4 HOWR dummy nests at end of season
2006
15. 1 pair
Attempts in all boxes except 1 paired Peterson.
4 nest attempts in 4 boxes. 18 eggs, 1 of which did not hatch, 17 bluebirds fledged. One nest taken over by HOWR, looks like pair moved to a different box. Looks like only one pair had two broods. First egg: Unknown
12 nest attempts in 12 boxes. 1 failed nesting. 6 dead chicks in two boxes (both NABS style) - boxes B & G. Both of these boxes had deaths last year also. Last year there were deaths in 4 boxes.
52 TRES eggs. 47 hatched, 37 fledged.
0
HOWR attempts in 3 boxes - one had three nestlings.
2/4: Went to check boxes, a few were open, lots of wasp nests and HOWR dummy nests to clean out. Saw 2-7 EABLs, one male followed me around. 4 HOWR dummy nests. Lots of jumping spiders.
3/11: no nesting activity. Saw 6, possibly 7 bluebirds.
3/25: No bluebirds in sight, not a blade of grass in boxes
4/9: Two bluebird nests, possibly 3. Only saw one male EABL. Lots of TRES
5/6: three bluebird nests, two with babies, one abandoned no eggs. LOTS of paperwasps.
Checked 5/26, 6/2
6/18: Very hot, grass long. Babies all different sizes. No dead babies. No eggs removed.
11/6: 1 male EABL. All boxes fixed. Some paper wasps. Installed 3 new boxes - Novabird, NABS by asphalt reclamation area and one back to back NABS by A.
Checking on a bluebird trail is like opening one Christmas present after another.
Each box has a surprise inside.
- Helen S. Munro, The Lesson of the Bluebird, Bluebird Winter 2006
