For those who don’t know, there are Bluebird Nestbox Trails at Josephine’s
Sculpture Park and West Sixth Farm in Franklin County. I believe that we had
about 6 bluebird fledgings at the former this year.
What would we do without nature? I never want to know!
On Jun 14, 2021, at 10:51 AM, brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS=============
This morning I opened a window to let in some of the refreshing air and a
Yellow-throated Vireo was singing out in the back yard. One has not been
around since 11 May (Jackie Elmore heard one on another part of the farm but
I had missed it) so I wonder about its story? Late migrant, early migrant,
wanding breeder or post breeder? ? ?
Over the past several days, our farm -- which was heretofore not inhabited by
many periodical cicadas -- has seen a remarkable increase in the number of
the orange-and- black beasts. Yesterday afternoon there was quite the din of
singing, especially on the west side of the farm. I wonder if these are
insects dispersing out of the areas to our west 2-3 miles away that have been
buried by them over the past few weeks? ? ?
Yesterday I ran my fourth BBS route of the season. It is clear from the
results of those surveys that Eastern Bluebirds did take quite a hit during
the late winter season. I look forward to (just for the sake of good
documentation, not the anticipated bad news) a report of results of nest
monitoring by Bob and Judy Peak. Good thing about bluebirds is that they
always seem to rebound pretty quickly. I was glad to hear three Grasshopper
Sparrows and a Henslow's Sparrow yesterday on the route (Taylor County). I've
missed them on the other two routes I've done with grassland habitat this
year. It seems to me that these two species have declined again over the past
several years after having been increasingly numerous over the prior decade
or two.
bpb, Louisville
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