04/23: TRES NF NE
05/2: TRES
18: dummy? removed. EPW.
put EABL nest in it.
5/29: nothing.
B
NABS N
41.58.404
71.57.316
TRES S
EABL S
2008: TRES S
TRES
6 eggs
5?
04/23 TRES NF NE
05/2: feathers. 5/11 - 6 eggs.
5/29: 5 babies, older than A
C
GILW W
41.48.402
71.57.291
TRES
2008, TRES S, 1 dead
EABL
TRES
5 eggs
4 eggs
5 hatched
5 fledged
3/29: EABL nest
4/5: no eggs
04/23: 5 eggs, dark blue
05/2 - not hatched
5/11: 5 hatched, about 10 days old, chgd nest, lots of blowflies
5/29: 4 TRES eggs
D
PETE W
41.58.407
71.47.226
2008: TRES S, 1 dead
TRES - first egg 5/10
3 eggs
04/23: large TRES nest EPW.
5/11: 2 eggs
5/21: only 3 eggs
5/29: 3 eggs - buried?
14
GILB P w D
No pred gd
TRES S
2008 dummy
TRES?
5 eggs
04/23: a little grass TRES? Dummy nest?
5/29: 5 eggs, bird on top
TRES - first egg 5/8? - 4 eggs, down to 2 - HOWR attack? back to 5?
4 eggs down to 2. Back to 5
3/29: claim straw?
04/23, 5/1: empty
5/11: 4 TRES eggs
5/21: only 2 eggs - HOWR?
5/29: 5 eggs
L
PETE
lower office
41.54.426
71.57.287
TRES - F
EABL S
5008, EABL S, EABL S
EABL
5 eggs
4/5: partial EABL nest, no eggs
04/24: EPW, partial nest
05/02: EPW, no more activity.
5/21: EABL nest complete, NE
5/29: 5 EABL eggs
M
GILWOOD
by entrance
41.58.523
71.57.491
EABL -F (no eggs)
BCCH S
2008 BCCH F, HOWR F, TRES S
TUTI
7 eggs
6 hatched
0
3/29: forgot to check
4/5: nothing
04/24: 7 Titmouse eggs, incubating,
05/2: 6 hatched, one unhatched, titmouse brooding. photo.
5/21: empty, M HOSP seen in box, TRES attacking
5/29: Dead TRES! head injury
12
GILB
below corner
TRES S
2008 TRES S
TRES
5 eggs
04/24: a little pine needles
05/2: More
5/11: NE
5/21: 5 eggs
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:
3/26: checked all boxes, a few had native wasps or old nest, no nest starts
5/29: first TRES lost to HOSP...
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.
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.
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
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