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On Jun 16, 2018, at 12:03 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest <[email protected]> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, June 16, 2018. > > 1. A question on Eastern Bluebirds trails > 2. Re: A question on Eastern Bluebirds trails > 3. Re: A question on Eastern Bluebirds trails > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: A question on Eastern Bluebirds trails > From: "Mona Bearor" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:13:08 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > In recent years it seems that Eastern Bluebird trails are raising more Tree > Swallows than bluebirds if they are anywhere near water. Has there been any > research on whether we are artificially raising the numbers of Tree Swallows > by placing bluebird nestboxes in proximity to water? > > Mona Bearor > > South Glens Falls > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: A question on Eastern Bluebirds trails > From: John and Fritzie Blizzard <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:21:23 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > With the decline in food supply (insects) over fields, thanks to > farmers' spraying, we have almost no swallows _of any kind_. I have one > pair now on eggs. Their first eggs were destroyed by a male house > sparrow.� I put a groc. bag over a nearby box to keep out the house > sparrows. Surprisingly, they have left the swallows alone since then but > for the 1st time I can recall, the male swallow seems to be going into > the box to sit on the eggs when the female leaves & is more alert at > being protective to chase away the sparrows. > > I saw maybe all of 8 tree swallows here at home with 100 acres of fields > all around us this spring ....� & one barn swallow ... at MNWR. > > Blue birds seem more inclined to look for larvae/worms than small flying > insects caught mid air. One of my boxes had a successful brood of > bluebirds as did 2 trees with holes in dead wood.� A chipmunk ran by me > 2 wks. ago with a bird in it's beak, probably taken from a nest in the > nearby spruce trees.� On the 12th, my daughter saw a chickadee come out > of a tiny hole in a dead tree carrying an egg sac. I saw it yesterday. I > was afraid the striped rats (chipmunks) had discovered the hole & > managed to get the adult &/or babies. I read a study several yrs. ago > saying that chipmunks are by far the most destructive of any animals > combined when it comes to killing birds. > > Be gentle .... > > Fritzie > > On 6/15/2018 3:13 PM, Mona Bearor wrote: > > In recent years it seems that Eastern Bluebird trails are raising more > Tree Swallows than bluebirds if they are anywhere near water.� Has > there been any research on whether we are artificially raising the > numbers of Tree Swallows by placing bluebird nestboxes in proximity to > water? > > Mona Bearor > > South Glens Falls > > - > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: A question on Eastern Bluebirds trails > From: Nancy Cusumano <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 19:11:59 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > I am on Dubois Rd, between Rt 96 and 89, near Jacksonville and we have > plenty of swallows and blue birds both. We have lots of farm land, but they > do less spraying (thankfully). I do agree that some species are really > taking a hit this year, though. We had two sets of nesting Carolina wrens, > neither of which were successful. Seems like we have less chickadees and > nuthatches as well. And the chipmunks are my nemesis. We have a yard full > of old black locust trees that are riddled with cavities. There are 5 > species of woodpecker we saw courting and mating, but so far no sign of > young. I hope they are all ok too. Oh, and our very fist house sparrow in a > nest box! > > The only birds that seem to have an advantage are the Orioles, of which > there are more than I have ever seen in the area. > > One funny anecdote, I was walking on the black diamond trail a little while > ago and looked up to find the cedar waxwings I was hearing eating cherries. > In the middle of this big old cherry tree were two sleeping raccoons! They > did not move a muscle, maybe with a belly full of fruit they were having > their siesta. Pretty funny sight! > > Enjoy, > > Nancy > > > > Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 578! dogs since 2005! > Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 5:21 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard < > [email protected]> wrote: > > With the decline in food supply (insects) over fields, thanks to farmers' > spraying, we have almost no swallows *of any kind*. I have one pair now > on eggs. Their first eggs were destroyed by a male house sparrow.� I put > a groc. bag over a nearby box to keep out the house sparrows. Surprisingly, > they have left the swallows alone since then but for the 1st time I can > recall, the male swallow seems to be going into the box to sit on the eggs > when the female leaves & is more alert at being protective to chase away > the sparrows. > > I saw maybe all of 8 tree swallows here at home with 100 acres of fields > all around us this spring ....� & one barn swallow ... at MNWR.� > > Blue birds seem more inclined to look for larvae/worms than small flying > insects caught mid air. One of my boxes had a successful brood of bluebirds > as did 2 trees with holes in dead wood.� A chipmunk ran by me 2 wks. ago > with a bird in it's beak, probably taken from a nest in the nearby spruce > trees.� On the 12th, my daughter saw a chickadee come out of a tiny hole > in a dead tree carrying an egg sac. I saw it yesterday. I was afraid the > striped rats (chipmunks) had discovered the hole & managed to get the adult > &/or babies. I read a study several yrs. ago saying that chipmunks are by > far the most destructive of any animals combined when it comes to killing > birds. > > Be gentle .... > > Fritzie > On 6/15/2018 3:13 PM, Mona Bearor wrote: > > In recent years it seems that Eastern Bluebird trails are raising more > Tree Swallows than bluebirds if they are anywhere near water.� Has there > been any research on whether we are artificially raising the numbers of > Tree Swallows by placing bluebird nestboxes in proximity to water? > > Mona Bearor > > South Glens Falls > - > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
