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	Comments
A	PETE NW BACK TO BACK 41.58.442 71.57.354	2007 EABL S 2008: wasps	EABL S -6 eggs, 5 hatched, 4 fledged?	3/29: nest start? 04/26: nest 05/16: 6 eggs 05/27: 1 hatching? can't read notes 05/31: 5 babies 06/06: 4 06/11: fledged
18	NABS NE BACK TO BACK	TRES - F EABL? - F HOSP 2008: TRES S	TRES F, 4 unhatched eggs	05/2: EPW, TRES? nothing? 05/27: no budge 06/11: 4 TRES eggs unhatched
B	NABS N 41.58.404 71.57.316	TRES S EABL S 2008: TRES S	TRES S- 6 eggs, 5 fledged	04/26: nest with feather 05/2: feathesr 05/16: 5 eggs, first one 05/12 05/31: 6 eggs 06/06: 5 TRES 06/11: TRES fledged
C	GILW W 41.48.402 71.57.291	TRES 2008, TRES S, 1 dead	TRES - 5 eggs, 4 hatched, 2 or 3 dead	3/29: EABL nest 4/5: no eggs 04/? prior to 26 - 1 egg 04/26: 5 eggs, incubating 05/16: 4 babies, 8 day? 05/02: 5 eggs 05/27: blowfly- fledged? can't read notes 05/31: 1 TRES egg 06/06: TRES 06/11: 2-3 TRES dead
D	PETE W 41.58.407 71.47.226	2008: TRES S, 1 dead	TRES F	04/?: TRES 04/26: PW 05/02: NPW, TRES NF 05/27, 31: NPW 06/11: a little grass
14	GILB P w D No pred gd	TRES S 2008 dummy	TRES - S: 5 eggs, 4 fledged, 1 egg unhatched	04/26: TRES 05/02: TRES, NF05/16: 5 eggs 05/27: 5 eggs, 1 pink 05/31: 4 TRESs, 1 egg, no buddge 06/06: TRES, 4 06/11: Fledged, 1 egg unhatched
16	NABS Gravel no pred gd	2008 HOWR F
22	NABS with porch on tree	HOWR D 2008 TUTI F, HOWR dummy	HOWR F TRES F due to HOWR	04/26: empty 05/16: HOWR05/27: 5 eggs? HOWR NE? can't read notes 05/31: ? 4t egg ? cant read notes. 06/11 5ehrmd
E	GILW E 48.58.451 71.57.226	TRES - F 2008 TRES S	TRES S - 5 fledged	04/? leaf 04/26: TRES and feather 05/27: 5 eggs 06/06: 5 06/11: fledged
F	PETE NE 41.58.489 71.57.240	TRES S 2008 - TRES S	TRES S- 6 eggs, 4 fledged	04/26: few straws05/16: NE 05/27: 6 eggs 05/31: 6 eggs 06/06: 4 newborn TRES
G	NABS SE 4158504 07157301	TRES S 2008 TRES S	TRES S - 7 eggs, 6 fledged	3/29: TRES nest start, didn't check 4/5 04/26: TRES, feathers 05/02: TRES, feathers 05/16: TRES sitting, 7 eggs! 05/27: 7 eggs 05/31: 6 medium 06/06: 6 06/11: fledged
H	GILWOOD 41.584.460 71.57.334	TRES S 2008 EABL S; TRES S	TRES S- 4 fledged	04/26: TRES 05/27: 4 TRES, 2 day?05/31: clown lip TRES. 06/06: TRES, 1/2 grown
I	NABS bark 4158431 07157287	TRES S 2008, TRES S	TRES S- 6 eggs, 2 fledged	04/26: TRES 05/16: 6 eggs 05/27: 2 abbies, 3 days?05/31: 2 about 8 day old? 06/06: TRES - 2
J	NABS retention pond 41.58.486 71.57.370	TRES S 2008, TRES F, EABL S	TRES S- 4 eggs, 3 fledged?	4/5: lots of gray feathers - downy roosting? 04/26: PW, TRES 05/02: TRES 05/27: 4 eggs 05/31: 3 naked 06/06: 3?
K 24F	NABS road 41.58.515 71.57.457	EABL S HOWR D 2008: HOWR F	TRES S - 5 eggs, 5 fledged?	3/29: claim straw? 04/26: claim straw 05/02: TRES, NPW 05/16: 5 TRES 05/27: PW, 5 egs 06/06: TRES, NE 08/02: TRES fledged
L	PETE lower office 41.54.426 71.57.287	TRES - F EABL S 5008, EABL S, EABL S	EABL S -5 eggs, 4? 5? HOWR F	4/5: partial EABL nest, no eggs 04/26: 5 eggs 05/2: 5 light blue eggs 05/16: 4 or 5? half grown 06/06: a few sticks
M	GILWOOD by entrance 41.58.523 71.57.491	EABL -F (no eggs) BCCH S 2008 BCCH F, HOWR F, TRES S	TRES6 eggs - F?	3/29: forgot to check 4/5: nothing 04? pine needles 05/02: TRES with leaves in cup 05/16: 6 eggs 05/27: TRES wouldn't budge 05/31: TRES babies? naked? 06/06: empty
12	GILB below corner	TRES S 2008 TRES S	TRES S - 5 eggs, 4 fledged	04/26: TRES, PW 05/02: NE 05/16: 5 eggs, pink 06/06: 4 TRES clown lips stage

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:

3/13: 2 bluebird pairs at LF. removed paperwasp nests
3/29: TRES. Vaselined top of all LF boxes that tend to get paperwasps.
05/16: can't read notes, says 4 eggs bottom
06/11: one broken egg on 2nd box?

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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