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[WinAhrens@xxxxxxx]

Its been a banner year for bluebirds at the Hunting Creek Country Club golf  
course in Prospect outside Louisville.  Several years ago Roger Coates,  
Dona's husband, constructed 18 bluebird houses, one for each hole, and we 
placed  
them around the course which meanders through the subdivisions here in eastern  
Jefferson County. While not compulsively recording all events, I have  
checked the houses every couple of weeks.  This year, the number of house  
sparrows 
using the houses is markedly down.  The number of house wrens  is up including 
2 nests in my quarter acre yard presently.  One is actually  in a wren house 
where it is supposed to be.
 
Last night when I made my rounds,  I found 3 active bluebird  nests including 
2 sitting on eggs.  Only 2 sparrow nests with eggs were  dispatched and 
several wrens were still active.  One of the bluebird nests  was the third 
clutch 
in that box this year, a box previously only used by  sparrows.  So while the 
fall migration starts to heat up others are still  answering nature's call to 
procreate. 
 
Win Ahrens
Prospect KY