[cayugabirds-l] Blue Bird Results
For the second year in a row we have not lost any hatched baby birds in the nest boxes with ¼ inch wire mesh 4 inches above the bottom. Before using the wire mesh we lost many baby birds to blow flies each year. This year 17 bluebirds, 20 tree swallows and 8 chickadees fledged. For those who may be interested in building your own nest box the dimensions and pictures can be found at www.BrokenRoadFarms.com. Happy Birding. Kurt 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 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bobolink
Once in a while I catch a sighting of a Bobolink in a far off field but this morning I was treated to a male Bobolink working the grass in our back yard. Kurt 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Pigeon
I have raised all types of pigeons most of my life and my suggestion would be to let the guy go.he will find home whether it be under a bridge or in a coop. Kurt 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Baby Bluebirds
Well we have our first two baby bluebirds 3 eggs havent hatched yet. Last year this pair hatched eggs on 5/6/2010. The nest is dry and clean even with this windy and rainy spring the ¼ inch mesh on which the nest sits is about 4 inches off the bottom. We regularly fed this pair mealworms and a suet/blueberry/raisin mix all winter and continue to do so I am guessing this may be partly the reason for such and early laying of eggs and hatching. Kurt 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red Tail with Crow
We have a pair of Red-tailed Hawks that have been around for several years. I have seen one carrying a grouse, rabbit, mice, and even have a great picture of one of them snatching a wounded starling off the snow.but yesterday one few by with a crow in its talons with 20 plus crows in hot pursuit.I have heard of Red-tails going after young crows still in the nest and am wondering how this Red-tail came to get this crow? If it was not injured.would a Red-tail go after an adult crow sitting on eggs?...any other thoughts? Happy Birding! Kurt 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Tree Swallow
Saw our first Tree Swallow fly-by this morning.a sure sign of Spring! 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Question
We built a Kestrel house and a Screech Owl house and put them out last spring.with no takers.now they are occupied by squirrels. Our question is.will a Kestrel or Screech Owl dislodge a squirrel from a prospective nesting sight? Or are we going to have to build more nest boxes? Thanks. Kurt 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bluebird Nest Box Results
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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Blue Bird Eggs and Nest
Two weeks ago I checked our Blue Bird nest boxes and found three sitting pairs of Blue Birds with 5 eggs in each.today I checked the same boxes and found one nest box with the eggs and nest gone. Everything was normal in and around the box except the nest and eggs were gone.has anyone ever experience that? Would wrens do that? Kurt Kurt Falvey Broken Road Farms Dundee, NY 14837 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock
Three woodcock sightings at dusk. Keuka Hill Road 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/ --
