[birdky] Re: RPT: One Bluebird and Cave Run Lake, 2/16/2007

[j arnold <alee04lacebark@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is the first year that we can remember finding
bird droppings in our bluebird houses (last week). We
also found
two dead bluebirds in two different boxes. Not sure if
they were male, but appeared to be. We do still have a
pair checking out the box behind our house.

Next year we will have the mealworms, but I had 
cataract surgery in mid January and wasn't up to that.

We feel terrible about this loss.

The tree swallows usually fight the bluebirds all
summer long and they take most of our 11 birdhouses.
We try to scare them off of our closest house, so the
bluebirds managed two nestings last year in that
house.

Judy Arnold
Shelby County (near Oldham Co. line)

--- brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> This message did not go out from state last night;
> emailing from home Sat AM; apologize for any
> duplication from state email later.
> 
> I certainly hope today (Fri) was no indication of
> what the recent frigid weather and natural food
> crops that are disappearing has done to the Eastern
> Bluebird population. I was in southeastern Bourbon
> and northern Montgomery counties this afternoon in
> what appeared to be good bluebird habitat and saw
> NOT A ONE! I would have gone without having one all
> day if it was not for one heard at Cave Run Lake
> late in the day.  This weather has hit at a bad time
> ... when what natural food crops that remain are
> beginning to run out ... and it didn't seem to be a
> bumper crop to begin with. I certainly hope today
> was an aberration.

> bpb, Frankfort



 
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