Busy Week in May

Busy Week in May

This last week has been very busy around the nest boxes. We now have an additional nest box at the Senior Center. Our first nest box continually shows signs of House Sparrows. They build their nests faster than we can evict them. You should remember that the House...
Do Birds Prefer to Lay Their First Egg on Saturdays?

Do Birds Prefer to Lay Their First Egg on Saturdays?

This was posted on The Cornell Lab of Ornithology NestWatch site. I am reposting it here for your information. Phenology is the science of when things occur, and accurate phenology data are important for understanding conservation needs, climate change, and even basic...
A New Page

A New Page

We recently added a new page to our site. The Our Boxes page has a list of our current nest boxes. When you click on the box you can view a pop-up of how the box is performing this season. A running total of eggs, nestlings and fledglings will be given for each box. I...
The Start of a New Season

The Start of a New Season

Well folks, we have had our first meeting of 2014 and gained the help of some additional volunteers. Thank you to everyone that attended. We removed three nest boxes from our one site due limited success of Bluebird nesting; House wrens continually overran the boxes ....