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Matt, 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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Stafford, VAAdded Renee’s numbers.
To date (4/30/2021:
FIRST BROOD
Number of nests: 9 reported
Number of Eggs: 45 reported
Number Hatched: 42 reported so far
Number Fledged:David
Stafford, VAAn update already after reviewing other posts:
To date (4/30/2021:
FIRST BROOD
Number of nests: 8 reported
Number of Eggs: 40 reported
Number Hatched: 37 reported so far
Number Fledged:David
Stafford, VAThanks Judy and Carol. It is fun to watch the parents deliver the mealworms to the young. With my “explosion” of mealies. I am trying to include some of the small to medium sized worms in the feeder for them to use for the little ones. I am not sure how it will work but thought I would see if having access to smaller sized mealworms would assist in their search for smaller bugs for the young ones.
David
Stafford, VAThat is quite a collection of birds to watch. Good to hear from you. Keep us posted on your progress.
David
Stafford, VAGlad to be of some help. I look forward to your next photos – possibly of the new fledglings :)
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Stafford, VAGood to hear the news about both nests, Judy. The weather has been strange all over. We have had freeze warnings the past 2 nights but everything seems to be okay. I did increase the mealworm feedings so the mama bird does not have to go so far to feed when she comes off the nest. I put a few worms out every couple of hours.
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