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On Friday pm, I heard a prothonotary warbler singing in the woods next to the 
house.  It did not take long to spot him (?) flitting about, searching every 
place there could possibly be a hole for a potential nest.  He even visited a 
spot on a shed where a clutch of prothonotary eggs hatched in a gourd several 
years ago, even though the gourd is long gone.  One of the alumni of that 
hatch maybe?  Anyway, he eventually found one of the Gilbertson nest boxes in 
that section of the woods.  No sooner had he begun to seriously check it than 
one of the resident bluebird males divebombed him.  The bluebird proceeded to 
chase the warbler for the next ten minutes.  It would not allow the warbler 
anywhere near the nest boxes, even going into one and staying a while, 
despite having a brood of his own already.  I guess cavity nest sites are so 
scarce that bluebirds, &, guard them even if they don't need them.


Van Harris
Millington, TN

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