[wisb] Bluebird box conundrum: Grant Park
- From: Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 17:16:00 EDT
Early this morning while monitoring the Grant Park BB trail, I found that
one box had slid to the ground still on the pole. The kids were fine
inside, but I felt I couldn't leave it there, so I lifted it off the pole and
placed it in an adjacent crabapple tree. Went back this later and
reinstalled the pole and box with some good ole duck tape. Watched from a
distance as
the male flew back to the tree with a scrumptious meal to deliver, and
hopped from branch to branch looking for the kids. After about ten minutes,
he ate the meal, and took off. He apparently didn't notice the box nearby.
So, after nearly twenty minutes, I returned to the box and, lifting the
whole pole and all, returned it to the tree. I ran out of time to monitor
this, but would put the question of what to do to you experts out there.
It's not that safe in the tree, but I'd hate to see babies that are about a
week or so from fledging, get abandoned. Whaddya think???
Betsy Abert, So. Mke, SE Mke Co.
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