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They love both foods but will choose the worms first. The hard part is teaching them to use the feeder.
Gin
Atlanta, GAYou did the right thing by moving the box off the fence. The HOSP problem is just a coincidence.
If you didn’t find a dead female in the box she wasn’t killed outside it by HOSP. The EABL always wins in a fight out in the open.
Do you have a Van Ert trap? It sounds like you need one. https://www.vanerttraps.com/
Gin
Atlanta, GAI am glad you have a cam so you can at least see what is going on in the box, no matter what she does with her head. Try not to go out there after dark. If you flush her from the box she won’t be able to find her way back.
Gin
Atlanta, GA15′ from the shed is a fine distance for the box but I wouldn’t recommend 5-10 feet from something. That’s asking for a tragedy. Baffle the pole and apply grease on the pole inside the baffle.
Squirrels will eat mealworms if they can get them, but I have never seen them eat the dried ones. They love the live ones though.
For the birds to find your worms easily, put a few in a light colored smooth sided dish and place the dish on the ground under where they perch to hunt. They will find that and then you can move the dish to where you want it. Move it a few feet at a time and they will follow because the things are addictive!
Gin
Atlanta, GAIt’s been 3 years for me with no EABL also. What are they all thinking?
Happy Easter to you, too!
Gin
Atlanta, GAI use the same grease we use on the garage door tracks. It stays there a long, long time. Like years. I always reach up under the baffle to apply it and I use a disposable glove.
Gin
Atlanta, GAWow! I missed all of this due to busy, busy times. So glad things are fine now, Carol. Great save!
Gin
Atlanta, GANicole, are the streamers brushing the roof? If it’s HOSP I don’t like them not being afraid of the spooker.
Don’t even get me started on the HOWR. Even the noise they make is hard for me to handle.
Gin
Atlanta, GAEABL nests are typically symmetrical. What kind of materials are in those boxes?
Two nests 5′ from each other sounds like a single pair. Why are the boxes so close to each other?
Gin
Atlanta, GAPut it on! Put it on! Just be sure to leave a 3″ gap between the guard and the front of the box. The female will be the first to figure it out. Some males never do.
Gin
Atlanta, GAI would remove that piece that makes the nest so high. It’s a tragedy waiting to happen.
I hope the CACH chicks manage to get enough to eat. Don’t give up hope! You know it’s possible to move their box while they are in it. If you can, install another pole and move the box. The adults should follow if you stay near where it was originally. Maybe moving them a little will be enough for the EABL to start ignoring them.
Gin
Atlanta, GALisa, very strange for them to lay eggs that late – it’s usually before noon.
And sometimes they lay eggs in the late afternoon, just in time for happy hour.
Gin
Atlanta, GA
