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Hi George & All,
Initiative goes a long way. Good going.
Yt, DW, Kentville
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From: "George Forsyth" <ge4syth@gmail.com>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: 4/8/2018 3:58:06 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Tree Swallow nest boxes Port Williams sewer ponds
>Hi All,
>
>I cleaned out the swallow boxes that are located at the sewer ponds in=20
>Port Williams today. There are 14 boxes around the ponds, 8 were used=20
>(one had a clutch of five eggs unhatched), 3 boxes had half constructed=20
>nests and had yellow jacket wasps that had over wintered, three boxes=20
>were unused.
>
>If the seven boxes that had nests and didn't have eggs in them and were=20
>assumed to be successful with an average of four fledglings, it is=20
>possible that this community of Tree Swallows contributed 28 Tree=20
>Swallows to the population. There have been boxes here for about thirty=20
>years (assuming similar success) this could have been 840 fledglings!
>
>The original nest boxes were constructed and installed by Boy Scouts=20
>under my direction about thirty years ago. There is no longer a Scout=20
>Troop here but I have continued to maintain and replace the boxes as=20
>needed, I do clean them each spring.
>
>Cheers, George Forsyth
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<div>Sent: 4/8/2018 3:58:06 PM</div>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hi All,<br /><br /></div>I cleaned out the=
swallow boxes that are located at the sewer ponds in Port Williams today. T=
here are 14 boxes around the ponds, 8 were used (one had a clutch of five e=
ggs unhatched), 3 boxes had half constructed nests and had yellow jacket wa=
sps that had over wintered,=C2=A0 three boxes were unused. <br /><br />If t=
he seven boxes that had nests and didn't have eggs in them and were assumed =
to be successful with an average of four fledglings, it is possible that t=
his community of Tree Swallows contributed 28 Tree Swallows to the populati=
on. There have been boxes here for about thirty years (assuming similar suc=
cess) this could have been 840 fledglings!<br /><br /></div>The original ne=
st boxes were constructed and installed by Boy Scouts under my direction ab=
out thirty years ago. There is no longer a Scout Troop here but I have cont=
inued to maintain and replace the boxes as needed, I do clean them each spr=
ing.<br /><br /></div>Cheers, George Forsyth<br /></div>
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