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Thank you for letting those birds out since you weren’t sure. Many people kill native birds I’m afraid. House finches have stripes on their chest. The female house sparrow does not. I’ll get to my computer and show you some photos. But in a nutshell a female house sparrow has a light colored chest,NO stripes on the chest, No spot on his chest.
So sorry about your male bluebird. We all know how you feel! It’s awful to find.
Tammy
Connie,I have run across a few people who have had bluebirds nest closer than 300 ft but it is not the norm at all. You could try it. I bet you could get tree swallows. Is there water nearby? Tree swallows will nest close to bluebirds. Chickadees would be fun too.
Tammy
I don’t have a nest yet but thankfully mine seem to take forever to lay eggs in the first nest of the season. It is nerve wracking!
Tammy
Just in case your thinking that removing the nest had something to do with your bluebirds not being around….it does not. Removing the nest was the right thing to do. Hopefully they have not chosen another place to nest …time will tell. But even then, they usually have two or even three nests per season so you still have opportunity to have them at your place. Sorry…those blues are so unpredictable!!
Tammy
Welcome, Connie. I doubt that anyone has a nesting pair around you right now but they are shopping for boxes. Glad to have you here. The numbers of this group fluctuate from year to year. Right now it’s kind of small. How close are your 2 boxes? Bluebirds are territorial and normally like to be 300 feet apart from each other. Sometimes they don’t follow that rule but that’s the norm. It does help if they are not in view of each other. Example, one box in the backyard and one box in the front yard. But you can get other species in your second box like tree swallows, and chickadees
Tammy
How amazing that bluebirds nest on your patio of a two story building! First I’ve ever seen. And it looks like you may not have much of a choice to do it that way. I agree you might have 3 nests! I used to every year but recently I have not. I won’t get on your case for mounting it on your porch posts but it will work until it doesn’t. You could go for years without anything happening but at some point it will. It’s just too easy for critters including squirrels to get to…..or snakes!!!! Do you have rat snakes in your area? They LOVE eggs and babies. But for now…enjoy your bluebirds.
Tammy
Lubricator! What is that box doing on that post? tsk tsk I have raccoons that come in the middle of night and climb right up those posts that hold up my pergola. They walk all around on top of my pergola and get to my feeders that way. I imagine they could do it there too even though that looks to be on a second floor.
I just googled and found photos of a raccoon in Canada that went up 10 floors. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3599601/Crafty-Canadian-raccoon-climbs-10th-floor-balcony-Ontario-cornered-wildlife-control-net.htmlTammy
I have that going on here somewhat too. There’s no snow on the ground here today but it’s pretty chilly outside.
Tammy
I leave my feeders up all year. There are several on here that remove feeders during nesting season. No bears around me though.
Tammy
Mine used to stay ALL winter but the past two year they are scarce from October -Jan and sometime after that they come back.
Tammy
So does that mean you haven’t had any snakes try to access it? or they just didn’t get caught in the netting?
Tammy
