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Years ago, a red squirrel murdered a clutch of tree swallow nestlings at our
place on Wyman Road. We caught it on top of the bird house, and a look
inside revealed all the young ones dead and chewed up.
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Fritz McEvoy
Sent: May 1, 2018 7:12 PM
To: naturens
Subject: [NatureNS] swallow box clean-out results
Hi all,
I finished cleaning out my swallow boxes today and the results from 2017
were down substantially. I have 30 boxes that I've maintained for a number
of years and 2017 produced only 9 boxes containing nests with breeding
evidence - down from 15 in 2016. This drop was somewhat expected as swallow
activity in general last year seemed low.
On the positive side there was a large increase in the number of flying
squirrel nests; 8 full and partial, which was surprising as I had none in
2016. Two of the flying squirrel nests had adults and one no adult but at
least one baby squirrel (I'm not sure what baby squirrels are called) but no
adult. All nests were composed of grasses (normal) and some kind of fibrous
material like blown in insulation which I haven't seen used here by flying
squirrels. No idea where it originated. All the flying squirrel nests were
in one general area which was also odd. I don't know if this increased
flying squirrel activity is local or has been noted in other places in the
province.
Two boxes were blown down over the winter and one of those was used by
mice/voles. About two-thirds of the boxes had entrance holes enlarged by
squirrels and will have to have the doors replaced.
Here are the 2017 results:
9 tree swallow nests with breeding evidence
5 partial swallow nests (1 had a empty flying squirrel nest on top of a
partial swallow nest)
2 empty red squirrel nests
3 active flying squirrel nests (2 with adults and maybe young and 1 with at
least 1 young squirrel but no adult)
3 empty flying squirrel nests (1 was on top of partial swallow nest - see
partial swallow nests above)
2 partial flying squirrel nests
7 empty boxes
All the best.
Fritz
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and a look inside revealed all the young ones dead and chewed =
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naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Fritz McEvoy<br><b>Sent:</b> May 1, 2018 7:12 =
PM<br><b>To:</b> naturens<br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] swallow box =
clean-out results<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
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all, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'background:white'><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> I =
finished cleaning out my swallow boxes today and the results from 2017 =
were down substantially. I have 30 boxes that I've maintained =
for a number of years and 2017 produced only 9 boxes =
containing nests with breeding evidence - down from 15 in 2016. This =
drop was somewhat expected as swallow activity in general last year =
seemed low.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'background:white'><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> =
On the positive side there was a large increase in the number of =
flying squirrel nests; 8 full and partial, which was =
surprising as I had none in 2016. Two of the flying squirrel nests =
had adults and one no adult but at least one baby squirrel (I'm not sure =
what baby squirrels are called) but no adult. All nests were composed of =
grasses (normal)