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Index of Subjects --_9c8700d1-1396-4dee-9969-1fe263729161_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=2C Looks like the spring cleaning of my Tree Swallow boxes is paying off. = This afternoon I thought I saw swallows checking out a box but when I looke= d through the bins it turned out to be a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. All aft= ernoon they have been feeding on insects or grubs on the ground and checkin= g out different swallow boxes (at least ten) to see if one might prove to b= e a good home.=20 It is very very early to have breeding Bluebirds this far north but I d= id have a successful breeding pair here in June/July of 2002 so who knows. = The male is singing and both seem to be in pre breeding form. The only frustration is that while I had confirmed breeding bluebirds i= n 2002 and this could be atlassed as probably breeding bluebirds during the= five years of atlasing I didn't see even a single bird at these boxes. Interestingly there are a pair of Kestrels that that also are using the= same nest boxes as perches to hunt from. The Bluebirds don't seem to have = a problem with sharing the nest box perches with the Kestrels. I have a bit of video and a few photos that are good enough for ID but= I hope to get better shots if the birds hang around. All the best.=20 Fritz McEvoy Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall) = = --_9c8700d1-1396-4dee-9969-1fe263729161_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Hi All=2C<BR> =3B =3B =3B Looks like the =3B= spring cleaning of my Tree Swallow boxes is paying off. This afternoon I th= ought I saw swallows checking out a box but when I looked through the bins = it turned out to be a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. All afternoon they have be= en feeding on insects or grubs on the ground and checking out different swa= llow boxes (at least ten) to see if one might prove to be a good home. </DI= V> <DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B =3BIt is very very early to hav= e breeding Bluebirds this far north but =3BI did have a successful bree= ding pair here in June/July of 2002 so who knows. The male is singing and b= oth seem to be in pre breeding form.</DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B The only =3Bfrustration is that= while I had confirmed breeding bluebirds in 2002 and this could be atlasse= d as probably breeding bluebirds during the five years of atlasing =3BI= didn't see even =3Ba single bird =3Bat these boxes.</DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B Interestingly there =3Bare = =3Ba pair of Kestrels that that also are using the same nest boxes as perch= es to hunt from. The Bluebirds don't seem to have a problem with sharing th= e =3Bnest box =3Bperches with the Kestrels.</DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B =3B I have a bit of video and a= few photos that are good enough for ID but =3BI hope to get better sho= ts if the birds hang around. All the best. <BR> =3B =3B =3B&nbs= p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B=  =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Fritz McEv= oy</DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nbs= p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B=  =3B =3B =3B =3B Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall)</DIV>= </div></body> </html>= --_9c8700d1-1396-4dee-9969-1fe263729161_--
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