Good answer Bill. Thanks for sharing this equitable solution. Linda Orkin Ithaca, NY
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 25, 2015, at 7:33 PM, Bill Mcaneny <bmcane...@fltg.net> wrote: > > > WE have about 16 nest boxes on poles around our field. Initially they were > for bluebirds, and then the tree swallows arrived. Our strategy: the nest > boxes are erected in pairs: one for the bluebirds, one for the tree swallows. > House sparrows may move into one box in a pair, but not both. (They don’t > like house sparrows for neighbors either.) Same for tree swallows. By the > time the bluebirds come around, there are still empty boxes to choose from. > Last year, at least 3 boxes contained bluebird families. Fair enough. Try > it, it may provide housing for everyone. > > Bill and Shirley McAneny, TBurg > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
