[birdky] Re: Bluebirds
- From: Joyce Fry <joycefry1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "kistlers@xxxxxxxxx" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:27:56 -0400
There is a plethora (can you use that word for a lot of birds?) of bluebirds
where I am in eastern WV. (Shepherdstown). Also, a good number of Pileated
woodpeckers, a couple of red-shouldered Hawks, and I saw my FOS yellow-throated
vireo today. A nesting bald eagle pair have two hatchlings and one egg. The
juncos are singing. I think they may nest here.
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> On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:56 AM, sk <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> This is discouraging, but I thank you for sharing the information and for the
> work you folks are doing.
> We seem to have more bluebirds here now than we did a year ago.
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> Steve Kistler
> Hart Co.
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> From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Bob Peak (Redacted sender "mtman1@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:37 AM
> To: Gary.Ritchison@xxxxxxx; birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [birdky] Re: Bluebirds
>
> For the past three days, Judy and I have been monitoring the bluebird nest
> boxes at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (170 boxes) and Lake
> Barkley State Resort Park (60 boxes). We found a total of 23 dead adult
> bluebirds in the nest boxes. (We found 6 birds in a single box at the state
> park.) Last year, we found 69 winter-killed bluebirds in the boxes of the
> combined areas. (In the previous 24 years, we typically found two or three
> dead bluebirds when we did our field work in March.) Like last year, there
> was a preponderance of dead male bluebirds in the nest boxes (17 males, 6
> females). Although it is only speculative, one possible explanation is the
> male bluebirds had already bonded to a nesting territory in late
> February/early March and were therefore less likely to migrate to more
> hospitable environs at that point in time. (Like the stock market, high
> return for early-nesting bluebirds usually involves high risk.)
>
> The number of bluebird fledglings in 2014 was the lowest we had recorded
> since 1999, and we think the 2015 nesting season is going to be a challenge
> for the surviving bluebirds. In September, we will make an electronic copy
> (WORD) of our 2015 bluebird report available for anyone who might be
> interested. (If you would like to see the 2014 report, please send me a
> message.)
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Bob Peak
> Trigg County, KY
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> On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 3:57 PM, "Ritchison, Gary"
> <Gary.Ritchison@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I cleaned out and moved some bluebird boxes today at our study area on the
> Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County. The bad news is that I cleaned out
> and moved 9 boxes and in those boxes I found 5 dead Eastern Bluebirds (3
> males and 2 females) that apparently starved during our recent snowstorms.
> The breeding population may be down a bit in our area this year.
>
> Gary Ritchison
> Richmond, KY.
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