[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

[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] 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] Baby Bluebirds

Well we have our first two baby bluebirds…3 eggs haven’t 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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[cayugabirds-l] Blue Bird Eggs and Nest

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

[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