Hi Allan Can you give me a little information on the location and predator protection for the nest box that was predated. Was it on a free standing pole with baffle. Those kind of details. Thanks Bill Read Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Allan Gilbert via ONTBIRDS < [email protected]> wrote: > I pass on the following news from Christine Johnston who discovered the > Thunder Bay Violet-green Swallow: > > "I’m sorry to report that this morning a group of us watched the predation > of the violet-green swallow’s nest box by a red squirrel. As the squirrel > entered the box, all the other tree swallow gathered around to try and > scare off the squirrel without success. The male tree swallow and the > violet-green swallow flew around frantically and after a few minutes the > red squirrel left the box. The pair stayed near the box and perched on the > branch a few times but the violet-green never went in the box again.” > > A. Gilbert > Thunder Bay > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/ > view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ > OntarioFieldOrnithologists > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
