Saturday, October 15, 2022

2022 Blue Bird House Report



Thank you for the time and effert of John Hardy and Becky Odinga for their continued involvement improving our blue bird house program.  Last spring we moved all of the boxes so they faced east.  Here is an inventory they collected and a few pictures from this years blue bird houses.   

#1. Near first tee on left. No evidence of occupancy. (Facing west instead of east) 

#2. Left of #2 Fairway. Nest with white chicken feathers and straw. (Facing north instead of east.) Possible swallow? Books say they use white feathers. 

#3.  Right of #3 fairway closest to tee. Moss nest. Remains of a dead Chickadee baby inside. 

#4. Right of #3 Fairway toward green. Packed loosely  with some dry leaves. Not a bird nest or nest of any kind. (mouse?) 

#5. Right of #5 Fairway. Moss Chickadee nest. 

#6. Near out building left of #12 Fairway. Nest of moss and feathers. Probable Chickadee. (BOX IS Loose at bottom, needs to be attached to the post.) 

#7. Near Tee for #8. Nest of grass and pine needles. Nice nest. Not sure what bird. (Close to where you saw a blue bird this summer.) 

#8. Right of pond closest to # 17 tee of the 3 in that area. Grass base with some kind of white fur piled on top. Found 3 partially grown mice living there. We left as is they were comfortable and cute were not hurting anything, I will clean it out in the spring. 

#9. Same location as above but closer to pond tee area between #15 green and #16 tee. Could have been a nest at one time built with moss by chickadee. Possibly abandoned before using. 

#10. Closer to #15 green in open area. Moss bottom chickadee then milkweed fuzz piled on top. (Maybe a mouse was moving in after abandoned or birds left the nest.) We cleaned them all out and disinfected them for next years use.  

 2023 Plans 

We will be fixing the loose birdhouse and move the box on two, east.

Four of the houses will be moved from out in the open areas to placing them closer to the woods and brush for the simblings to have more areas to fly to and be protected as they grow.







Thank you so much for your help John and Becky!!!!!!!!!

 

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