Bluebird and Small Cavity Nester Conservation

Sialis - Bluebirds and other small cavity nesters

Landfill Trail Log 2009

Also see Smith Memorial Bluebird Trail and Trail Log from 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

ID	Type	Attempt #, Species & Fate 2007, 2008	First Egg Date	Clutch Size	Hatch Date	# Nestlings	Fledge Date	# Fledglings	Blowfly	Comments
A	PETE NW BACK TO BACK 41.58.442 71.57.354	2007 EABL S 2008: wasps	EABL							3/29: nest start?
18	NABS NE BACK TO BACK	TRES - F EABL? - F HOSP 2008: TRES S
B	NABS N 41.58.404 71.57.316	TRES S EABL S 2008: TRES S
C	GILW W 41.48.402 71.57.291	TRES 2008, TRES S, 1 dead	EABL							3/29: EABL nest 4/5: no eggs
D	PETE W 41.58.407 71.47.226	2008: TRES S, 1 dead
14	GILB P w D No pred gd	TRES S 2008 dummy
16	NABS Gravel no pred gd	2008 HOWR F
22	NABS with porch on tree	HOWR D 2008 TUTI F, HOWR dummy
E	GILW E 48.58.451 71.57.226	TRES - F 2008 TRES S
F	PETE NE 41.58.489 71.57.240	TRES S 2008 - TRES S
G	NABS SE 4158504 07157301	TRES S 2008 TRES S	TRES							3/29: TRES nest start, didn't check 4/5
H	GILWOOD 41.584.460 71.57.334	TRES S 2008 EABL S; TRES S
I	NABS bark 4158431 07157287	TRES S 2008, TRES S
J	NABS retention pond 41.58.486 71.57.370	TRES S 2008, TRES F, EABL S								4/5: lots of gray feathers - downy roosting?
K 24F	NABS road 41.58.515 71.57.457	EABL S HOWR D 2008: HOWR F								3/29: claim straw?
L	PETE lower office 41.54.426 71.57.287	TRES - F EABL S 5008, EABL S, EABL S	EABL							4/5: partial EABL nest, no eggs
M	GILWOOD by entrance 41.58.523 71.57.491	EABL -F (no eggs) BCCH S 2008 BCCH F, HOWR F, TRES S								3/29: forgot to check 4/5: nothing
12	GILB below corner	TRES S 2008 TRES S

KEY
BCCH = Black-capped Chickadee
EABL = Eastern Bluebird
EPW = European Paper Wasps
GILB = Gilbertson nestbox
GILW - Gilwood nestbox
NABS = NABs style nestbox
NE = No eggs
NF = No feathers
NPW = Native Paper Wasps
PETE = Peterson style nestbox
TRES = Tree Swallow
PW=paper wasp

NOTES:

3/29: TRES. Vaselined top of all LF boxes that tend to get paperwasps.

YEAR	# boxes	EABL	TRES	BCCH	HOWR/HOSP
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.	13 nest attempts in 12 boxes. 8 successful, nestings, 1 failed (5 eggs), 62 eggs, ~52 hatched, ~31 fledged. First egg 5/19.	1 nesting, failed, no eggs.	3 F HOWR attempts in 3 boxes. 1 F HOSP attempt, 4 HOWR dummy nests at end of season
2006	15. 1 pair EABL. 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.
2007	18. Attempts in 16.	4 successful nestings in 4 boxes, 1 F (pre-egg?) due to HOSP, 18 eggs, 15 hatched, 14 fledged.	12 attempts in 12 boxes, 9 successful nestings, 62 eggs, ~36 hatched, 33 fledged.	1 succesful nesting, 6 eggs, 4 hatched and fledged	1 HOSP attempt (2 trapped), 2 boxes with HOWR sticks
2008		2 pair.
TOTAL		39	160	4	0

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

May all your blues be birds!

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