Third nesting

[Barbara]

Generally speaking, does the same pair use the same box for each nest they make in a season? The second brood for my pair just fledged five days ago. I haven’t seen the fledglings yet, but I hear the male in a neighboring field where they often go. Today a pair is energetically building a new nest in the same box (I’ve cleaned it out). If it were the same pair, wouldn’t they typically wait until the fledglings are a bit more self-sufficient. Could it be a different pair???

And since I feed mealworms yearound, I wonder if my “primary” pair is the same two birds for several years in a row.

[TimC]

Those are very good questions. Hard to know the answer to that without monitoring continually. Anywho, congrats on the potential for three broods in one box! I haven’t ever had that success with our season being so short.

I’m interested in your general location?

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WI/MI Border, about 100 miles north of Green Bay

Tim C. WI/MI border.

[Barbara]

I live in a rural area in SE Michigan – south and west of Ann Arbor. It’s been beastly hot since the last ones fledged and I hope they are all doing ok.

[Author]

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