Greetings, Connie, and welcome! As Tammy stated, it’s a bit early for our “northern eastern blues”. I am in New Hampshire on 3 acres, with a mix of open and wooded land. Two nest boxes, 75 yards apart, separated by our house which has a large footprint. Nest boxes are not in view of each other. One is a Gilbertson box, one is the more traditional cedar variety. I have a flock of 22 bluebirds that stay year round, and although both boxes appear to have been claimed, there are ongoing territorial disputes over them, and no pair has actually started building anything. The house finch population has completed numerous nests, and they are all ready to lay eggs. The local red-bellied woodpecker pair threw some sort of wild housewarming party ’til all hours last night at their nest box. Loud. So I have some activity, but we are still damp and chilly up here, and the blues seem to be waiting it out, a bit.
Randy
Bedford, New Hampshire