Good info. Thanks. Dave

I agree - sounds like the "safe" insecticide used to fog for mosquitoes - it interferes with digestion and affected insects starve to death :( The exact same thing happened to a dozen eggs I got from my neighbor's plants. The eggs from my plants were not affected, and the cats are munching away. The difference is that her plants are on the side of her house towards the front, and my plants are in the back yard. The fog generally doesn't reach beyond the front yards in my experience. To be safe, I also cover my plants with an old sheet every Thursday evening when the fogging truck is due. I'm working on getting them to stop spraying my property, and hopefully I can get the neighbors on board so they will stop spraying the whole street. It has little overall impact on mosquitoes, and kills beneficial insects.

That happened to My first bb eggs, but my nest was abandoned and the eggs were not viable. Nest was still there, but the eggs had been pecked and on the ground. Probably a house wren because there are some around.

I haven't seen any other bird around that box really. I saw a bird land on it once last week, don't know what kind of bird it was, but the blue ran it off. Haven't seen anymore in the past few days. I closed the other box yesterday and saw a sparrow on it this morning. Maybe they will build a nest and it will keep them busy, but I don't want them to nest in it at all.They are relentless like the wrens. The box with the blues is across the yard, about 200 feet away, I would guess. Just gonna keep my fingers and toes crossed. Thanks for all of your help Donna. Frances