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Wow - wish all the Tree Swallow box-cleaning resulted in the chance of East=
ern Bluebirds! That's great=2C Fritz.
Bev
Glace Bay=2C NS
=20
From: fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=3B ns-rba@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Bluebird
Date: Sat=2C 21 Apr 2012 18:12:28 -0300
Hi All=2C
Looks like the spring cleaning of my Tree Swallow boxes is paying off. =
This afternoon I thought I saw swallows checking out a box but when I looke=
d through the bins it turned out to be a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. All aft=
ernoon they have been feeding on insects or grubs on the ground and checkin=
g out different swallow boxes (at least ten) to see if one might prove to b=
e a good home.=20
It is very very early to have breeding Bluebirds this far north but I d=
id have a successful breeding pair here in June/July of 2002 so who knows. =
The male is singing and both seem to be in pre breeding form.
The only frustration is that while I had confirmed breeding bluebirds i=
n 2002 and this could be atlassed as probably breeding bluebirds during the=
five years of atlasing I didn't see even a single bird at these boxes.
Interestingly there are a pair of Kestrels that that also are using the=
same nest boxes as perches to hunt from. The Bluebirds don't seem to have =
a problem with sharing the nest box perches with the Kestrels.
I have a bit of video and a few photos that are good enough for ID but=
I hope to get better shots if the birds hang around. All the best.=20
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall) =
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Wow - wish all the Tree Swallow box-cleaning resulted in the chance of East=
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Bev<BR>
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From: fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=3B ns-rba@yaho=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr>Hi All=2C<BR> =3B =3B =3B Looks like the =3B=
spring cleaning of my Tree Swallow boxes is paying off. This afternoon I th=
ought I saw swallows checking out a box but when I looked through the bins =
it turned out to be a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. All afternoon they have be=
en feeding on insects or grubs on the ground and checking out different swa=
llow boxes (at least ten) to see if one might prove to be a good home. </DI=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B =3BIt is very very early to hav=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B The only =3Bfrustration is that=
while I had confirmed breeding bluebirds in 2002 and this could be atlasse=
d as probably breeding bluebirds during the five years of atlasing =3BI=
didn't see even =3Ba single bird =3Bat these boxes.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B Interestingly there =3Bare =
=3Ba pair of Kestrels that that also are using the same nest boxes as perch=
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e =3Bnest box =3Bperches with the Kestrels.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B =3B I have a bit of video and a=
few photos that are good enough for ID but =3BI hope to get better sho=
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p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =
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