Just a quick update! The Blue-zer and his Mrs. (who I have yet to see enter the box) are nest building in the front yard! They’re back in the box where it all started this year. Hopefully this nest will finish this time. Blue-zer is so funny. He sits on the roof, then leaps off it and flutters 360 degrees around the whole box before entering. He does this over and over. Just making sure, I guess.
The HOSP has been absent the last few days. So thankful! I put the sparrow spooker on the TRES box, so peace is back. This HOSP was sitting on the mulch pile in the driveway trying to figure out how to get into the TRES box. It was such a calculated move!! The TRES sit on the spooker. It took the male a while to accept it, but mama went right in immediately.
To top it all off, a house wren is removing the abandoned chickadee nest in the backyard, moss thread by moss thread. I’ve never ever had house wrens here, so this is a new wrinkle. Time to whip up some wren guards just in case. Carol, you mentioned removing the wren stick piles in a box. Does this help keep them busy? They don’t seem to be hanging out in my yard. I hear them singing in 2 yards nearby. Maybe this will be a dummy nest. I’m so bummed about their arrival.