Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
I sent her an email with those photos. Where did you get that idea? Was it on The DRST website? I’ve never seen it. Can I use your photos if needed on a Purple Martin FB group? And it’s OK, I’ll make sure I’ll give you credit if you want but will need your last name.
Tammy
Nancy. I’ll just use your email and copy Chris’s photos and send them to you. Hope that’s OK, Chris.
Tammy
Thanks for answering, Chris. I’ve never made a squirrel adjustment to my trap so I can’t help. I have no squirrels. Nice, huh?
It’s true, Nancy. You’ll get more immediate help if you join a FB group. Bluebird or Purple Martin groups would have ideas about this. Let me see if I can get to Chris’s photo and help you find it.Tammy
It sounds like you have everything right. I’d just suggest that you buy a Van Ert trap. It goes inside your box. They only cost about $10. You install screws under the hole and when you have a house sparrow that is claiming that box you set the trap. A must because you’ll be so disappointed of you get bluebirds and a house sparrow takes over their nest or worse. Pulling nests doesn’t work. They will keep building. I had one that even got a new female 4 or 5 times and would not give up.https://vanerttraps.com/
Tammy
Supposedly the Blink Camera will fit at the top of your box. It’s small. A lot of people on my Martin GroupWise them. There on sale often on Amazon. Id be glad to show you the one I have on video chat some how.
Tammy
Flipper. The mealworms don’t usually draw bluebirds to a feeder. A nestbox does though. Do you have it placed on a metal pole? Don’t put it on a tree because raccoons can raid it easily. Even if you use a metal pole it should be baffled. Also, the bluebirds kind of like open spaces so putting it on a tree would not help them find you.
Tammy
Hey, Carol. I’m not familiar with nestbox cameras except for the Blink. Looks like you’ll have to either change out your nestbox for a deeper one or decide on a different camera.
If you’re on FB, there are a lot of bluebird groups and I’m sure there are people there that have suggestions.
I know one guy that has cameras in his boxes but I know he uses blink cameras. I’ll ask him.Tammy
Chris. 😂 No, but I’m sure that’s what it seems like. It’s just so easy for starlings to reach their head in and get food. So, that’s probably what’s happening. Keep trying.
Tammy
Hey Connie. 14 is a good outcome. I have a white egg laying female again and she had several nests that failed. Eggs didn’t hatch, or HOSP attacked them. This happened the year before too. But I did have another pair that raised young and I also had 2 released in my property from our local rehab center.
I have 7 that are visiting me. We have snow on the ground too. Right now we are out of town. I hope they fare well in these cold temps without help this week.Tammy
I have no berry trees at my house so I can’t help you.
I’m hoping the blues are munching on berries somewhere right now because it’s been cold and I haven’t seen them for about 4 days.Tammy
Great job!!!
I said the same thing over the years…”I’ll never make a dent in my HOSP population.” At the time i could see 80-100 at any given time in my yard. Now the most I see together is around 6. I’m amazed at the difference I’ve made.
The bad news is, this 6 or so HOSP still wreck havoc on my bluebird nestboxes. 😢Tammy
Great! I made it as easy for them as possible. To begin with I put mine in a flat pie pan (glass or ceramic for slick sides) and put that in a rod iron flower pot stand. I wanted to use white because I felt they could see the mealworms better but I only had clear. I felt they could see the mealworms crawling around in the pie pan easier from their piercing area. If course so can the other birds. Mockers and robins are bad too at raiding the mealworms.
If during the season they perch on a fence or something I would put it there. Where they can look down on it. They also should be checking out their nestbox too so close to that would be a good location.
Hope they find it soon!Tammy
They’ll only see them if they fly closer to your feeder. Usually I suggest putting the mealworms where you see them perching but obviously you can’t do that across the street. If you see them perching in your yard though… Do that. And later you can move your feeder closer and closer to your house. They love homemade suet too.
Tammy
Chris, there’s a good chance this is not the same hawk. This is a Buteo instead of an Accipter and buteos don’t normally hunt birds. It occasionally happens but not at all the norm. They aren’t fast enough. They mainly look for critters on the ground. This one is probably just perching on your housing. The culprit was probably a sharp shinned or a coopers.
I know the frustration though. Years ago I had a coopers gouge my daddy bluebird right after his babies fledged.Tammy
Sorry that I’m never on. I wish we could get notificiations from this group but they don’t seem to work for me. I’m busy with Grandkids most days.
But I love the Sparrow Spooker plans from Fred, who used to frequent this group, years ago.
Scroll down a bit to get to it and click on the PDF link. I use the one that has a quick mount/dismount. http://nestboxbuilder.com/nestbox-predator-controls.html-
This reply was modified 5 years ago by
.
-
This reply was modified 5 years ago by .
-
This reply was modified 5 years ago by .
Tammy
-
This reply was modified 5 years ago by
