By Kurt Miske, Bluebird Project Coordinator
The days have grown cooler, the leaves are starting to change hue and birds are losing their breeding plumage. Our Lewis Road Riding Ring area bluebirds and tree swallows have left the grounds for their winter territory, declaring an end to the 2023 breeding season. All in all, it was a successful year with 14 bluebirds and 14 tree swallows fledging from 7 different broods.
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By Kurt Miske, Bluebird Project Coordinator
We have had a decent year so far, with five of our nine boxes being used by native birds. Here is the run down:
Monitoring continues at least twice per week. While we have not had any birds start a second brood in the 3 years the trail has been active, we are still hoping for additional broods! We have had a lot of activity in our now 9 nest boxes this year. As of May 30, we have
Unfortunately, we have also had a total of 6 tree swallows found dead in boxes so far this year. The birds do not appear to have been attacked nor starved (an early theory), but seem to have had a severe case of diarrhea. Perhaps a disease? Boxes that were found with dead birds have been sanitized. 4 of the corpses have been turned in to the regional office of ODNR. We are hoping an evaluation will give us some answers. If you have any information, please contact WCAS. Monitoring continues at least twice per week. We are hoping for additional broods! Box #8 has the first nest of the year! Box monitor Lisa Gerbec opened the box and took the above picture. Stay tuned for further updates.
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