by A. T. Baron | Sep 19, 2015 | NestWatch Data, Updates
Our busy year has come to a close. All of our nest boxes have been empty for a while, and we doubt we will have any more new nests. We have had great success at many of our sites. Here are some of our stats. 2015 Stats Our 18 nest sites are at Memorial Park, the Bike...
by A. T. Baron | Aug 1, 2015 | NestWatch Data, Updates
We are coming close to the end of the summer, but nesting is still in progress. At the moment, all active nests are from House Wrens, but we still have vacancy for any Bluebirds that want to give it one more shot. Eastern Bluebirds typically have more than one...
by A. T. Baron | Jun 16, 2015 | NestWatch Data, Updates
The month is almost over and we have been seeing some good results from our monitoring. Like a lot of areas in the country, we have been dealing with a good amount of rain. Rain brings a few problems that we have to deal with, namely Blowflies. The adults lay eggs in...
by A. T. Baron | Oct 26, 2014 | NestWatch Data, Updates
Well, I am a little over due at posting our results for this year, but here they are. We had a few setbacks at Memorial Park. Some of our boxes had been vandalized and had to be replaced. Our houses at the Clarence Senior Center proved to be a haven for the dreaded...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 31, 2014 | NestWatch Data, Updates
It has been a crazy week at one of our Bluebird sites. There were signs of vandalism to multiple nest boxes, including the complete loss of one. We expect problems for our boxes every year, but we always hope not to have any. We placed most of the nest boxes in...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 7, 2014 | Education, NestWatch Data, Updates
We have been having a difficult time with two of our nest boxes. The only birds that have been using them are House Sparrows. We check them often and remove any nest material from the invasive species, but these birds are persistent. So we have decided to remove the...