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Chris, I saw that nestbox in your other post and as Carol said was inviting trouble. Any climbing critter (snake, racoons, squirrels, cats. etc.)can just climb right up those vines and the wooden pole with ease. It would still be a good nestbox if you would mount it on a slick steel or PVC pole and use a baffle to protect it from climbers.
David
Stafford, VAAll of the ladies are right, Chris. I whistle to mine also. What is really fun is to see them bring back their fledglings to the mealworm feeder when they have grown a bit. I had 9 plus mom & dad in the late summer and through the winter.
David
Stafford, VAMatt, sorry to hear that the entire nest was destroyed. It is a good thing to clean out the nestbox after each nesting so the pair can build a new nest. Good luck on nest #2.
Phillieblues, that success with the HOSP population is good to hear everywhere. -85 is a tremendous number to take out of the population. Keep up the trapping or what ever you are doing.
Good to hear that your birds are okay also Carol. Do you have a plan for building your “sparrow-wpooker”? I have never put one up but I have noticed a lot of other sparrows (not HOSP) at my other bird feeders and just want to build on to use on the nest nesting. I so have a wren guard but did not put it up for the early nest as I did not see any wrens in the yard and woods at the time. they are here now but not bothering the bluebird nest.David
Stafford, VAGood advice Chris. The cold weather has had an affect on my birds also (delay of a day +. We got hit by the same cold snap that you had o possibly a little warmer but 4 days of night time temps in the mid 30s and lo 40s and day temps around 50.
Rich – as long as she is still brooding they still may be viable.David
Stafford, VAChris. When you use imgur to post here use the “copy” button next to the “BBCode” item. That will take out all of that extraneous stuff in your post. the BBCode will appear like this as you type your post.
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When you hit “submit” the photo will appear in your post.Nice photos by the way.
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Stafford, VAI keep telling myself that I should leave the birds alone so they can sleep and get strong. But when I take the mealworms out there is quite a draw pulling me over to the nest box to take a picture. So here is the photo of the little ones this afternoon.
David
Stafford, VAJust like a new papa. Good to hear that mom bird is feeding. The Male will probably help also as they grow.
David
Stafford, VAThat is terrible Matt. So sorry for the loss of any for the nestlings. I would remove any of the fallen nestlings as soon as possible if the female is unable to get them out of the nest. You cant do much for the injured birds other than watch after the female tends them. If they do not survive you will have to remove them also.
I have not had that situation to deal with yet, so others that may have experience with the HOSP attacks may have better information.
Good luck with the survivors.
David
Stafford, VALooking forward to the news. Do you have any idea of the number of eggs in the nest?
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