Our nesting season started in early-March with pairing and nest building.
Today we had our first 2 nests of 12 hatch.
Our friends at Texas Parks and Wildlife trained our first volunteers (Master
Naturalists) to use an app to facilitate nest monitoring. Craig and Tania also
were able to spend some time in the (hot) afternoon to color band our first
bird.
Finally, I was able to place a few barbed-wire nest balls in tree adjacent to
the two nests that were predated, to offer some protective options for new nest
building. We’ll see if we can entice any of our pairs to choose one of the
bowls I made with another bowl on top.
Jim
[X]
James J. Giocomo, PhD
Central Regional Director and
Coordinator for the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture
American Bird Conservancy
Office cell: 254-654-7790<tel:254-654-7790>
Email: jgiocomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jgiocomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Website: www.opjv.org<http://www.opjv.org>
________________________________
