2005 Chimalis Trail Log

Also see 2003 and 2004 logs, and 2004 trail report and Landfill Trail Log 2005

ID	Type	2003 2004 use/ attempts	Attempt # Species, & Fate	First Egg Date	Clutch Size	Hatch Date	# Nestlings	Fledge Date	# Fledglings	Blowfly	Comments
1Z	PETE N(NABS in 2002-3) 15 Shaw S Xmas tree field 41.56.511 072.04.380	EABL 2002 and 2004 HOSP HOWR	1 EABL F 1 HOSP F 1 HOWR F								Initially claimed, abandoned (3/5 HOSP), then built on 4/14, then abandoned. 4/10: TRES activity. 4/23: Removed EABL abnded nest 4/28, 5/4: N 5/5: trapped F HOSP 5/8-22: N 6/18: M EABL checking
	GWOOD front of 15 Shaw Tree field		1 HOSP F 2 HOSP F 3 HOSP F 2 HOWR F								3/25: trapped M HOSP 3/26: male HOSP 3/27: male HOSP 5/4-22: N 5/25: Opened box with HOWR nest 6/1: HOWR nest, pd 6/10: HOWR nest, 3e1b 6/18: rmd nest 7/23: HOWR still claiming this and 1Z
2 Z	NABS E (wood, plastic 2005) Tree 15 Shaw lawn/brush 51.56.535 072.04.397	TUTI 2002 (wooden box)									3/6: BCCH and HOSP seen 3/20: 5 HOSP seen near, TUTI trapped 5/4-6/18: N
3 Z	NABS Fence 15 shaw W lawn 41.56.530 072.04.381	TRES HOWR	1 HOWR F 1 HOSP F								4/28: N 5/5: HOWR perch 5/13: N 5/21, nest,rmd 5/27: Saw male HOSP perched - HOWR nest inside. Trapped F 6/18: empty
4 Z	NABS E NW 15 Shaw lawn 41.556.552 072.04.389	TRES HOWR HOSP	1 BCCH S 1 HOWR F	4/30	7		7		7 BCCH		4/13: TRES perch, white feather 4/21 BCCH starting moss nest 4/23: lot of moss 4/25: contains fur4/26: Saw TRES on box. Added hole reducer, Paired wtih Gilwood. 4/28: no egg 05/1: 2 eggs covered by 1" fur 5/2: 3 eggs 5/4: 5 eggs? 5/8: 7 eggs, added HOWR eyebrow guard 5/13: 7 eggs 5/22: 6 babies? 5/27: 7 healthy babies 6/1: still there 6/7: Gone. Sticks. 6/10: more sticks 6/18 more sticks 6/27:5pd
5 Z	NABS N 15 Shaw SE by wall lawn/brush 41.56.518 072.04.349	TRES HOWR	1 TRES S 1 HOWR F		5	6/4	5	6/20	5 TRES		5/8: complete nest 5/12: TRES roosting 5/21: 5 eggs 6/4: hatched 6/20: some fledged 6/22: all gone, HOWR nest
6 T	NABS N Rogers - 171 Xmas tree field 41.56.487 072.04.345	TRES HOSP BCCH	1 TRES F 2 TRES S?		6	6/5	3		5 TRES?		4/28: N 5/8: dead adult TRES in nest 5/22: TRES on nest 5/26: 3 eggs, 1 broken by HOWR? 5/29 - thot abnd, md to PETE, took 2 from 7T and moved here 6/5 hatched.
7 T	NABS N Hansen - Lynn Xmas tree field SE41.56.480 072.04.365	EABL HOSP TRES	1 HOSP F 2 TRES S		5		5		5 TRES?		4/22: TRES nest ??? 4/28? EABL? 5/3, 5/8: shallow, no feathers. 5/11: M & F HOSP perching, complete nest, trapped M 5/22:TRES 6/24: All gone
8 T	NABS W, 2004 BB Love Xmas tree field 41.56.467 072.04.460	TRES	1 TRES S		5		3		2 TRES?		4/14: TRES nest ???? 4/28: no eggs 5/4: saw TRES, lg nest, grey TRES, no feathers 6/10: 2 eggs didn't hatch 6/22: not fledged
28I	Mod NABS NE Irene's tree chick 41.56.438 072.04.295										5/13: M
	PETE Hansen in Xmas trees by stream		1 EABL F								4/4 1st nest underway by EABL, complete 4/10, later abandoned. Removed nest 4/23 4/28,5/4, 5/13: N 6/17: saw TRES, some nest material
9 T	NABS Barber N field, W of treehouse 41.56.431 072.04.292	EABL HOSP	1 HOSP F 2 HOWR F 3 HOWR F								4/12 pine EABL nest 4/23: no egg 4/26: pair of HOSP seen on box. Trapped. Removd nest 4/28: N 5/3: grass nest, no feathers ? 5/8: HOWR sticks 1/4", T, back on 5/11, left open 5/13: closed 5/22: complete HOWR nest, remvd 6/1: HOWR nest 2e pd 6/18 remd nest, 6/22: HOWR 7/4: 3et
10 T	NABS S Front Hansen - 198 WSW 41.56.486 072.04.427		1 TRES S		5			7/1?	5 TRES	Y	Some packed fine grass 4/28: No activity at all. Removed grass 5/8: N 5/11: pine, TRES - gray one? 5/22: TRES 6/22, 6/29: babies still there 7/2: fledged.
	NABS Rubicon on tree in woods										5/22: N
11 Z	GILB E 15 Shaw, E lawn 41.56.540 072.04.333	BCCH	1 EABL S 1 EABL S	4/21 6/17	6 5	5/9-10 Due 7/2-4	5/27 3		7/22 - 4 EABL	5 EABL 5 EABL	Fed mealworms 4/16: found nest, not complete. Later lined w 3 feathers 4/22: installed spooker 4/24: 5 eggs 4/26: 6 eggs, incubating 5/3: eggs looked like they had a ring up top. 5/4: saw M only 5/9 4 hatched 5/10: 5 hatched 5/13: look good 5/22: big 5/27: at least 3 fledged, could not fly 5/28: 2 on ground, 1 or 2 in trees. Took 5th in box and put in tree. Blowfly pupa in nest. 6/17: 1 egg. 6/18: 2 eggs, instld sppoker 6/29: eggs there, one looks dead? 7/23: runt still in nest, all others fledged
	GILW 15 Shaw back lawn by 4Z		1 TRES S 1 HOWR F		5?				5 TRES?		4/26: not in use, although there was evidence of roosting over winter. Moved it by nuthatch box. Saw TRES perching 5/4: nest underway 5/22: F incubat 6/17: Fledged, HOWR sticks
12 J	NABS, 2003 Johns by duck fence	1 HOWR F 1 HOWR S	1 HOWR S					2		2 HOWR	5/9: few sticks, rmd 6/5: nothing 6/16: 2 HOWR hatched
27J	GWOOD, 2005 CARR E Johns by stone wall		1 TRES S		5	6/7				5 TRES?	5/3: TRES building. 5/9: milkweed husks in nest.
14C	NABS E-S Chapuis on tree 41.56.436 062.04.227										5/3: N
29C	NABS SW Chapuis back41.56.440 072.04.211		1 HOWR F								5/3: N 5/22: HOWR 6/5: 7, bk1,pd6
	NABS Chapuis feeder										5/3: N
13R	NABS small S Rogers/Labonte/ Tivnan lawn41.56.472 072.04.281		1 HOSP F 1 TRES S	5		5		4		4 TRES?	4/15: male HOSP seen nearby 4/19: TRES and HOSP seen 4/22: trapped female HOSP 4/23: trapped male HOSP 4/26: TRES and HOSP seen. Trapped pair in DRST. 5/3: partial grass nest, no bottom 5/8: TRES/EABL? 5/11: feathers, probably TRES 5/22: def TRES 5/29: had 5, took 3 for 130 R 6/5: 7 eggs 6/18: still incubating 6/22: 4 days old? 7/17: fledged, one egg left
	SLOT by Duffy		1 HOSP F 1 HOWR S			5		4		4 HOWR ?	4/22: HOSP nest. Put up trap box 5/3: N 5/8: Saw male EABL perching and peering, HOWR inside? 5/11, 5/13: N 5/22: HOWR nest remd 5/26: HOWR nest 6/1: HOWR 2e 6/5: HOWR pd all 5? 6/17; 6/22: incubting 7/17: 4 hatched, 1 didn't
16 T	PETE E Behind treehouse 41.56.500 072.04.302	EABL	1 TRES F 2 TRES F		5 7	0 6				?	4/22: TRES swoop, no grass 4/28: nest - no bottom. 5/8: 1 feather 5/22: TRES 5/28: Broke all 5 eggs opening box. 5/29: moved 2 from 130 R here 6/1: TRES overhead, eggs buried in nest 6/5: new eggs - 4? 6/18: 7 eggs 6/22: 1 unahtched 7/4: nest empty! no poop... ? Paperwasp nest underneath.
17L	NABS E-S E of treehouse tree farm 41.56.392 07.04.266	EABL	1 EABL S	4/22	4	5/13	3			3 EABL	4/14: messy nest 4/22: installed spooker 4/26: 4 eggs, incubating? 4/28: 4 eggs, incubating. spooker fell apart. 5/3: male buzz 5/8: no female 5/13: 3 hatched, 1 egg 5/22: lots of blow flies nest change 5/28: fledging? 5/29: gone, flat nest 6/5: Nothing 6/18: saw M EABL in 6/29: no nest, sigh
18L	NABS small N isolate tree farm41.56.345 072.04.250	TRES	1 TUTI S	NLT 5/6	6		2			2 TUTI	4/22: bit of leaves and plastic 4/26: more broken up brown leaves 4/28: leaves, rabbit fur? paper, plastic. No moss. 5/3: bit of cup. 5/8: tiny piece of snakeskin, some black fur. 5/10: 11 startled TUTI - laying? 5/11: 6 eggs 5/13: video 5/22: 2 eggs left HOWR attack? Installed guard 5/26: still incubating? did not open box. 5/28: 2 babies 6/3: babies look good, remvd wren guard 6/18: fldged, remd nest
26H	NABS small E Hosmer Chick brush		1 TRES F 1 HOWR F	6/2	2						6/3: 2 eggs. Taped box. 1 week later still there - 3 eggs? 6/18: eggs missing, nesting material gone, sticks. 6/17: empty
19H	PETE E 4156227 07243370 Hosmer S peninsula wet grass, trees	TRES	1 TRES S 2 TRES F		6 3		6 0		6	6 TRES	TRES 4/28: EABL nest? No feathers. 5/3: feathers 5/9: crap 5/22: 6 eggs 6/18: babies fine. 7/2: fledged. 3 eggs on top of crap- second brood? 7/23: 3 eggs still there. TRES left weeks ago
21S	PETE E 4156288 07204396 Hosmer Pair S meadow	TRES	1 EABL S	4/29	5		4		4?	4 EABL	4/4: EABL nest underway 4/10: nest complete 4/26: no egg, saw male perch. TRES on next box 4/28: no egg 5/3: 5 eggs, pair seen, female inside 5/22: 4 babies 5/29: all fledged? not flat, left nest (blow removed) 6/3: no eggs 6/18: removed nest 7/2: few pieces grass
20 N	NABS N 4156292 07204396 Hosmer Pair N meadow		1 TRES S		4		4		4	4 TRES	4/26: TRES perch 4/28: N 5/3: TRES swoopage, N 5/22: TRES nest 6/18: babies fine 7/2: big babies 7/23: rmd nest
22H	PETE E 4156349 07204415 Hosmer/Roeble	TRES	1 TRES S		5?	6/3?			5	5 TRES	4/22: complete TRES nest 6/3: hatched 6/18: babies fine. 7/2: fledged
23R	NABS small E Behind Hansen lawn stream 41.56.466 062.04.462	BCCH	1 BCCH S 1 HOWR F		7		6			6 BCCH	4/22: BCCH moss nest with fur. 5/2: nest does not appear complete, no egg. 5/8: 7 eggs 5/13: 8 eggs 5/28: saw 5 beaks 6/3: 6 babies 6/18: fldged, clned 6/26: EABL chking 7/23: rmd nest
1 ZW	PETE E Moved behind Hansen Lawn/stream 41.56.575 072.04.465		1 TRES S		5		5		5	5 TRES	4/22: saw BCCH leave 5/13: TRES 5/22: 5 eggs 6/26: had fledged
	Starling trp box 41.56.529 SW 072.04.345	HOWR	2 HOWR F								6/18: 5 eggs, pd 6/19: fell over, eggs missing?

ANNUAL SUMMARIES - also see Landfill Trail. Number of fledglings are estimates.

YEAR	# Boxes	Boxes w/ succesful nests	EABL	TRES	BCCH	TUTI	HOWR	HOSP	Total fledged/ #blues
2002	4	4	1 nesting, 5 fledged	0	0	2 nestings, 10 fledged	?	?	15/5
2003	13	9	2 nesting, 1 F, 9 eggs, 8 hatched, 4 fledged	X	X	X	X	7 attempts in 5 boxes	29/4
2004	28	21	X	X nestings	4 nestings, 2 successful, 18 eggs, 9 hatched and fledged	1 successful nesting, 6 fledged.	13 attempts in 9 boxes, 2 successful nestings with 6 fledged.	10 attempts in 6 boxes, all failed	114/26
2005	33	20	4 nest attempts in 3 boxes. 4 successful. Total of 20 eggs, 17 hatched, 17 fledged. First egg 4/21.	15 nest attempts in 13 boxes. 10 successful, nestings, ~79 eggs, ~49 hatched, ~41 fledged. DOUBLECHECK	2 nestings, 14 eggs, 13 hatched, 13 fledged	1 nesting, 6 eggs, 2 fledged.	15 attempts in 13 boxes, 6 fledged	9 attempts in 7 boxes, all failed.	79/17

No HOSP are allowed to nest on the trail.
Most box vent holes plugged with mortite in late fall 2004. A number were stained gray (exterior)
02/06/05: 2 male bluebirds seen
2/17/05: 4 bluebirds seen at birdhouse
03/06/05: Whitey still here. Chickadee and HOSP seen fighting over box on tree by Stantons.
03/17/05: Whitey seen with female, sitting on box. 6 bluebirds seen around this date in Chapuis yard.
3/20/05: White wing waving, trying to attract female to Peterson box. 5 HOSP seen by titmouse box on tree. Trap set - caught a titmouse.
3/22/05: Saw male and female HOSP in purple martin house. Female bluebird by house had piece of tinsel in beak. Bluebirds shooing HOSP away.
3/25/05: Pair of HOSP on gilwood in front of house. Trapped male overnight.
3/26/05: saw male HOSP checking out box #5. Bluebird pair no longer sitting on Peterson box.
3/26/05: trapped male HOSP in Gilwood in front of house
3/27/05: trapped male HOSP in Gilwood in front of house, and on Barber Rd. Trapped chickadee in box #5. Female blue begging male
04/03/05: Doug saw Tree Swallows
04/04/05: Two bluebird nests, neither quite finished - one Peterson by stream, one in Hosmers (paired). Heard and saw male behind treehouse 4/4 and 4/9
04/10/05: Both nests finished, no eggs. Tree Swallows claiming boxes (Peterson in front of house, Peterson by Johns, one behind office)
04/12: Complete loosely constructed pine needle nest to R of treehouse. Grass missing from Peterson box in back.
4/13: Still no eggs. DId see chickadee trying to get into starling trap box, and white feather in back wooden box.
4/14: bluebird pair now building in Peterson in front of house? TRES seen going in that box. Abandoned other nest? Nest by stream, and by treehouse empty (although looks more complete. Partial nest (1" no bottom) in 17L - messy grass
4/15: white feather in bluebird love. 2" in 17L. Saw male HOSP by house to right of treehouse
4/18: noticed birds don't seem to be using boxes with timothy hay. Back box with sawdust also no nest building by TRES. Removed. No eggs yet (didn't check Hosmer today). Appears bluebirds in back are same ones in other two boxes.
4/19: TRES and HOSP at Rogers box. Slot box looks like it has a HOSP nest. Have concluded sawdust, timothy hay and an existing nest deter TRES from selecting box, timothy hay may deter bluebirds.
4/21: chickadee putting moss in box in back. Wasps in two boxes in front - soaped.
4/22: TRES checking out peterson and gilwood in front. 1 egg in box to L of treehouse. HOSP nests in both Tivnan boxes, HOSP on Demurs property. No egg in pine nest. TRES swooping Peterson in back box but no nestbuilding. Leaves - titmouse? in box in isolate. Nothing at Chapuis. Applied paraffin.
4/26: Chickadee nest complete with fur, no eggs, but TRES perching on box. Installed hole reducer, moved box that was by the RV over near the chickadee box. Saw TRES perching on it. One pair of HOSP seen by treehouse. Trapped one with Van Ert in box (male) and put in DRST (with one pair HOSP in birdcage.) Three other HOSP trapped in DRST - possibly pair seen on Rogers barn roof and near lower box.
5/1: trapped 1 male by John's. 12 trapped so far this year.
5/5: 2 F, 1 M HOSP out of nowhere, female going in 1z. Makes 15 HOSP trapped this year.
5/8: Dead TRES face down in nest in front of Tivnan's. Male bluebird on top of slot box, looking in - possibly HOWR inside. NO TRES in sight - cold and nasty, in 50's.
5/9: Trapped F HOSP in DRST. HOSP escaped when removing chipmunk. Milkweed husks in TRES nest by Hosmers.
5/10: T HOWR Chace. Titmouse in isolate - hissed and pecked 3x.
5/11: pair of HOSP on fence by Lynns, complete nest, trapped male. 16 total in 2005.
5/13: added HOWR eyebrow guard - took chickadee 3 visits, about 8 minutes to accept. Trapped F M in Johns, M killed other decoys.
5/14: caught male HOSP in our yard. 19 total.
5/23: cold rainy weather begins. Put mealworm feeder by treehouse - discovered in minutes by M, probably pair from last year.
5/26: TRES egg pecked by Tivnans, made a mess in the nest. Removed pecked egg and goo and replaced other 2 eggs.
5/27: Trapped F HOSP in box on my fence. Takeover from HOWR
5/28: Trapped M HOSP in box on fence, female in DRST. 22 total this season. Cleaned out Gilbertson, it was filthy and wet with blow flies. T MF HOWR reld
6/9: Jenn trapped 1 F in DRST, today 1 M HOSP in DRST. 24 this season.
6/10: one M at our house in DRST. 25. Male blue singing on wire. NO second nests yet....
7/28: have the HOWR finally given up? Nope - in back box by the fence. Also saw a male HOSP with feather under feeder.
Contracted Lyme disease, recordkeeping went out the window.

May all your blues be birds!

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