[birdky] Re: RPT: Late Nests
- From: "Scott and Glenda Record" <sgrecord@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <sialia67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:59:44 -0500
I have another clutch of 5 bluebird eggs myself. I believe this is the 4th
clutch this year. The first clutch had 6 eggs...the most I've ever seen. I
also had 1 martin nest that successfully fledged 5 young and a kestrel box that
fledged either 3 or 4 successfully. The martins and kestrels have left
already. Mockingbirds and thrashers have nested all summer in the pines in the
yard and thickets around the edge. I suspect they have had multiple broods as
well due to the number of mimids in my yard.
Scott Record
Ragland KY
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Freidhof
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: [birdky] RPT: Late Nests
A new clutch of bluebird eggs is being incubated right now. This is the
fifth clutch of bluebird eggs in my yard this summer. Can we thank the cicadas
for the added productivity this year? My neighbor has a late nest of tree
swallows. The young should be fledging soon. Just two purple martin nests
remain in the gourds. There were eighteen nesting pairs of martins total this
season. Sixteen pairs have fledged young thus far. If the last two nests
fledge as scheduled, then my total number of martins fledged will be 79. One
martin nestling did not fledge with his siblings but died in the gourd. He
appeared to be blind in one eye when he was alive. Another fledgling ended up
on the ground. My 5-year old daughter scooped him up and returned him to the
gourd. He ended up on the ground the next day as well. We set him up on a
bluebird box where the adults could feed him. He was gone by the time I got
home from work so I'm not sure what happened to him.
Scott Freidhof
Rowan County
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