Bob's Birds = Back in Biz

[Patti from Kentucky]

I ran across this article...it sounds like there has been a Snowy Owl hanging out at Braddock Bay:
http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4386

I don't remember seeing/hearing any of the locals posting this sighting (it's possible that I just missed it), so I thought I'd pass it on.

The article was from Tuesday, with the sighting on Monday, so it's possible the bird might have moved on.

[Shaky]

I ran across this article...it sounds like there has been a Snowy Owl hanging out at Braddock Bay:
http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4386

I don't remember seeing/hearing any of the locals posting this sighting (it's possible that I just missed it), so I thought I'd pass it on.

The article was from Tuesday, with the sighting on Monday, so it's possible the bird might have moved on.

Donna posted it in Bob's Birds = Back in Biz on 3/31.

[Bobbie Ireland]

This is a really good one!

Bluebirds: 1. House Sparrows: 0

http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4388

[Donna]

I’m rooting for the wrens

All of our nest box plans have gone awry this spring.

Maybe the House Wrens can set things straight.

Back in early winter, Cathy McCollumn and I decided we would order nest boxes to attract Black-capped Chickadees. We knew full well that the entry holes must be small enough to allow chickadees to enter, but not the invasive, nuisance House Sparrows that would otherwise take over.

We ordered a couple advertised as “chickadee nest boxes� from Duncraft, and put them up, only to discover, to our dismay, that the entrance holes were too large, and the boxes were soon confiscated by House Sparrows.

So we ordered another chickadee nesting box from Audubon Workshop that was just the right dimensions, only to have a Downy Woodpecker enlarge the opening, then decide not to nest there after all. And THAT box was also taken over by House Sparrows!

Aaaaarrrrggghhhh!

http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4720 story and pics! Pretty interesting.

[ezsha]

How about a portal protector?



This, from Lee Valley, or something like it, is a great solution!