FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] bluebirds are coming to town: a question

[Mike Hamm <hamm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My neighbor in Danville, who lives smack dab in the middle of a large
subdivision, has bluebirds nesting in a box in his back yard. Last year
tree swallows nested in the same box. My question: isn't it somewhat
rare for bluebirds to come into a subdivision to nest? All of our yards
have lots of trees and shrubs but not a whole lot of open space. I see
bluebirds fairly often along the road that separates our subdivision
from the adjacent cattle farm, but have never seen them nest inside the
subdivision before.

Any thoughts about "townie" bluebirds. Is this more common than I
thought?

P.S. I'm happy to report that three bluebirds successfully fledged last
week in one of my boxes on some rural land in Boyle County that I own.

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