Bluebird nest box with ¼ wire 4 above bottom results
I had mentioned in the Spring, that I had replaced all my bluebird boxes with a new box that had ¼ mesh wire approximately 4 above the floor of the box and I am extremely happy to report that for the first time we did not lose one bird to blow flies, including tree swallows. The nests themselves seemed to stay much dryer and the only maintenance I had to do was to remove some of the nesting materials that fell or was pushed beneath the wire mesh. Having said that I dont know if it was a bad year for blow flies or if there were some other factors that I did not account for but it is extremely encouraging. I have posted the dimensions and pictures of the boxes at www.BrokenRoadFarms.com for those who may be interested in building your own nest boxes. One other note one of the pairs of bluebirds nested about 50 yard from our house and would come to our deck for meal worm on a regular basis we would whistle every time we fed them and eventually they would come when we whistled. Our friends and neighbors enjoyed seeing them up close. And when the young fledged the parents brought them to the feeder It was a fun year. I will report next fall as well. Happy Birding! Julie & Kurt Broken Road Farms Dundee, NY 14837 Email: k...@brokenroadfarms.com www.BrokenRoadFarms.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
