We've been learning several things about monitoring bluebird boxes. We learned to not approach the box directly in front of the hole to the box. A bird leaving the next could run into you:( Approach quietly and knock on the side to let them know we are there. We like to remember that we are visiting them in their home!!! In EARLY spring, you should clean out the old nests in case pests are living in there. We made sure we spread the old nests out and far away so that predators wouldn't know bluebirds lived there. We had TWO surprises: we had four eggs in Box 3 and a mouse living in Box 5. DG, RL, GC, and TN made sure the mouse of safe but evicted from the bluebird house.
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RL
3/10/2013 06:20:56 am
Wow! I really didn't expect to find any eggs in the nest so early in the season. I wonder why there was only 1 egg the next time we checked. My guess is that some sort of predator got into the box and ate some. If so, why was one left? We should name it Nemo:)
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Mrs. Parker
3/15/2013 03:23:47 am
Hey RL: I think they take their time eating them. 1 or 2 at a time. We should look it up and see if we can find out more information.
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Mrs. Pearson
3/20/2013 06:05:32 am
Thanks for teaching this! We were able to use this knowledge and to properly clear out the bird boxes we have in our yard (and TP was a big help!). It was interesting to see the different types of nests that were in each one, and we're hoping some bluebirds will move in now that everything is clear.
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Mrs. Parker
3/21/2013 03:45:53 am
That is awesome! T. always shares what you all are up to with the birds in your backyard. I've always wanted bluebird to come and stay at my house. Sadly, they only pass through.
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