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Index of Subjects --000000000000073272056969e220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Nice job, George. I just won an Awesome grant ( http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/antigonish) to work with 4H in starting a nest box trail in Antigonish County. We budgeted for 100 boxes, and with donations and price reductions by suppliers, we may actually hit the 200 box mark. Maybe I'll still be around in 30 years, and best as I can, will keep records of nestings. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 8 April 2018 at 16:46, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hi George & All, > Initiative goes a long way. Good going. > Yt, DW, Kentville > > ------ Original Message ------ > 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 > Port Williams today. There are 14 boxes around the ponds, 8 were used (one > had a clutch of five eggs unhatched), 3 boxes had half constructed nests > and had yellow jacket wasps that had over wintered, three boxes were > unused. > > If the 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 this community of Tree Swallows contributed 28 Tree Swallows to the > population. There have been boxes here for about thirty years (assuming > similar success) this could have been 840 fledglings! > > The original nest boxes were constructed and installed by Boy Scouts under > my direction about thirty years ago. There is no longer a Scout Troop here > but I have continued to maintain and replace the boxes as needed, I do > clean them each spring. > > Cheers, George Forsyth > > --000000000000073272056969e220 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Nice job, George.<div><br></div><div>I just won an Awesome= grant (<a href=3D"http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/antigonish"= >http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/antigonish</a>) to work with = 4H in starting a nest box trail in Antigonish County. We budgeted for 100 b= oxes, and with donations and price reductions by suppliers, we may actually= hit the 200 box mark. Maybe I'll still be around in 30 years, and best= as I can, will keep records of nestings.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Ra= ndy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class= =3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">___________________= ______________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, N= S.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 8 April 2018 at 16:46, David <span dir=3D= "ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com" target=3D"_blank">dwebster@= glinx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><di= v>Hi George & All,</div><div>Initiative goes a long way. Good going.</d= iv><div>Yt, DW, Kentville</div><div><div class=3D"h5"> <div><br></div> <div>------ Original Message ------</div> <div>From: "George Forsyth" <<a href=3D"mailto:ge4syth@gmail.c= om" target=3D"_blank">ge4syth@gmail.com</a>></div> <div>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">natur= ens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div> <div>Sent: 4/8/2018 3:58:06 PM</div> <div>Subject: [NatureNS] Tree Swallow nest boxes Port Williams sewer ponds<= /div><div><br></div> <div id=3D"m_4204564917504438188xa3575c63c36d407"><blockquote cite=3D"http:= //CAMS=3DwB7gV-VeNmbik7PxA-1oHPyVP8UgmXwDSK-5n_whOrTYtg@mail.gmail.com" typ= e=3D"cite" class=3D"m_4204564917504438188cite2"> <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hi All,<br><br></div>I cleaned out the swal= low boxes that are located at the sewer ponds in Port Williams today. There= are 14 boxes around the ponds, 8 were used (one had a clutch of five eggs = unhatched), 3 boxes had half constructed nests and had yellow jacket wasps = that had over wintered,=C2=A0 three boxes were unused. <br><br>If the 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 this = community of Tree Swallows contributed 28 Tree Swallows to the population. = There have been boxes here for about thirty years (assuming similar success= ) this could have been 840 fledglings!<br><br></div>The original nest boxes= were constructed and installed by Boy Scouts under my direction about thir= ty years ago. There is no longer a Scout Troop here but I have continued to= maintain and replace the boxes as needed, I do clean them each spring.<br>= <br></div>Cheers, George Forsyth<br></div> </blockquote></div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --000000000000073272056969e220--
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