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MARCH 2017

 

 

Lots of Bluebirds on the golf course, plus House Sparrows, Black Phoebes and Yellow-Rumped Warblers.

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Back Nine Report from Betty Klaas:

Box Box #2 has a completed Bluebird nest but no eggs yet.  Both parents are close by.

 

Back Nine Report from Callie Dean and Sandy Harvey:

Box #1:  Still Empty.  Box 1 is very hard to open.  Jerry and Carolyn Hollander will once again repair the box this afternoon when they go out with Jane Shriver.

Box #3:    A few sparrow twigs were removed on both March 31 and April 1

Box #8:    Nicely formed nest about 1/3 built

Box #9:    Empty

Box #11:  On March 31 a Sparrow's nest was removed.  On April 1 a Bluebird's nest was started, about 2 inches high. 

Box #14:  A fully formed nest with 4 grey-blue feathers.  No eggs yet.

NOTE:  Pine trees on the golf course are being pruned.

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Front Nine Report from Bill and Martha Saltzman:

Box #4:   On March 31 there were a few pieces of pine needles (very little) but that tree had 3 male Bluebirds and a female in it.  Some Bluebirds were standing on the box as they watched it.  But on April 2 there was one piece of old dead grass in the box since the last time.  The grass was removed.  No Bluebirds were in the tree this time.

Box #5:   A completed nest this time.  No eggs yet.

Box #6:   New nest started 1/3 completed.  Male and female in the next tree.

Box #7:   Empty and no activity.

Box #10: Nest started with only a few pine needles.

Box #12: Empty and no activity.

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