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Hi All,
Like most of NS late May & June were cold and wet here in the highlan=
ds. Tree Swallows arrived in late May and through most of June hung about w=
aiting for the weather to warm up and flying insects to arrive. This never =
really happened and most of my breeding flock appeared to have moved on by =
late June.
I expected this was going to be a very bad year for swallow breeding w=
ith lots of partial nests and dead chicks but about ten days ago they reapp=
eared and started the mating process again. Today I checked =
five of the boxes that have shown the most activity. One box had a used nes=
t with breeding evidence, three had swallow chicks about half fledged and o=
ne just eggs. This seems very late for breeding here but I'm not complainin=
g.
Another reason for the late breeding may have to do with the predator=
guards I put on most of my boxes in May. Although squirrels are not - in =
my experience- swallow predators here, they do like to make the entrance ho=
les bigger and then use the boxes as roosts or nests. The guards (a 3"x 3" =
Plexiglas plate with a 1 1/2" hole screwed over the box opening) seem to ha=
ve worked well so far and the boxes have not been filled with hay or shredd=
ed bark.
I'll have a better idea of how the season went in the fall after I've=
cleaned out the boxes. All the best.
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall)
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Hi All, </div>
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Like most of NS late May & June were col=
d and wet here in the highlands. Tree Swallows arrived in late May and thro=
ugh most of June hung about waiting for the weather to warm up and flying i=
nsects to arrive. This never really happened and most of my breeding
flock appeared to have moved on by late June. </div>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
I expected this was going to be a very bad year for swa=
llow breeding with lots of partial nests and dead chicks but about ten days=
ago they reappeared and started the mating process again. &nb=
sp; Today I checked five of the box=
es that have shown
the most activity. One box had a used nest with breeding evidence, three h=
ad swallow chicks about half fledged and one just eggs. This seems ver=
y late for breeding here but I'm not complaining.</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;=
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Another reason for the late breeding may have to do wi=
th the predator guards I put on most of my boxes in May. Although squirrels=
are not - in my experience- swallow predators here, they do like to =
make the entrance holes bigger and then use the boxes
as roosts or nests. The guards (a 3"x 3" Plexiglas plate with a =
1 1/2" hole screwed over the box opening) seem to have worke=
d well so far and the boxes have not been filled with hay or shredded bark.=
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I'll have a better idea of how the season went in the =
fall after I've cleaned out the boxes. All the best.</div>
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Fritz McEvoy</div>
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Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall)</=
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