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Index of Subjects --047d7b3a8e6029b67004dbf55636 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 What distinguishes Red Squirrel nests from Flying Squirrel nests in your Tree Swallow boxes? Different materials? Construction? Nancy On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Fritz McEvoy <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi All, > I finished spring cleaning of my Tree Swallow boxes yesterday and the > results from last year are my best ever. I have 24 boxes, at the moment, in > various locations (open field, field with some trees, old orchard and > lawn); heights (7'-12') and mounts (live trees, power poles, and dead trees > stuck in the ground). > Of the 24 boxes: 2 were empty (one had a Red Squirrel nest and the > other was a new box in a new location); 3 had partial nests with no sign of > breeding and 19 had nests with breeding evidence. > Three boxes had Red Squirrel roosts/nests on top of a Tree Swallow > nests. One box contained a Flying Squirrel nest on top of which Tree > Swallows had built a nest with breeding evidence. The top of the swallow > nest was less than 3 cm. from the box opening. It's the first time I've > seen Tree Swallows do this. There were 4 boxes with unhatched eggs; 2 > with 2 eggs and 2 with 1 egg. No dead chicks were found. > Swallows have yet to arrive this year but I expect them any day now. > All the best. > > Fritz McEvoy > Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) > --047d7b3a8e6029b67004dbf55636 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>What distinguishes Red Squirrel nests from Flying Squ= irrel nests in your Tree Swallow boxes? Different materials? Construction?<= br><br></div>Nancy<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Fritz McEvoy <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">fritzmcevoy@hotmail.c= om</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg= in:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi All,<div>=A0 =A0 =A0I finished spring cleaning of my Tr= ee Swallow boxes yesterday and the results from last year are my best ever.= I have 24 boxes, at the moment, in various locations (open field, field wi= th some trees, old orchard and lawn); heights (7'-12') and mounts (= live trees, power poles, and dead trees stuck in the ground).=A0</div> <div>=A0 =A0 =A0Of the 24 boxes: 2 were empty (one had a Red Squirrel nest = and the other was a new box in a new location); 3 had partial nests with no= sign of breeding and 19 had nests with breeding evidence.=A0</div><div>=A0= =A0 =A0Three boxes had Red Squirrel roosts/nests on top of a Tree Swallow = nests. One box contained a Flying Squirrel nest on top of which Tree Swallo= ws had built a nest with breeding evidence. The top of the swallow nest was= less than 3 cm. from the box opening. It's the first time I've see= n Tree Swallows do this.<span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=A0There were 4 boxe= s with unhatched eggs; 2 with 2 eggs and 2 with 1 egg. No dead chicks were = found.=A0</span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=A0 =A0 =A0 Swallows have yet to arrive= this year but I expect them any day now. All the best.</span></div><span c= lass=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><span style=3D"font-size:12pt"= ><br></span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Fritz McEvoy</span></div><div><span style= =3D"font-size:12pt">=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall)</span></div></font><= /span></div> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --047d7b3a8e6029b67004dbf55636--
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