Good answer Bill. Thanks for sharing this equitable solution.
Linda Orkin
Ithaca, NY
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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
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