They flew into my yard and my heart

14 years ago

Hello Everyone

I just signed up and this is my first message.

I'am a animal lover by nature but I didn't set out to be a keeper of the blue birds. I had this bird house in my garage for the longest time so i decided to mount it to a half dead tree in my yard ( 2 years now ) had no birds.

I happen to talk to my nieghbor one day and he said there used to be a few blue birds around but the sparrows seem to take over. So I got on the net and found the Sialis site and o boy what i learned about the sparrow made me angry. All i can say is that the sparrows that enter my yard (ENTER VERY CAREFULLY) I recently (2 weeks ago) mounted the bird house to a pole and put it in the center of my yard. A pair of blue birds showed up the next day. (Harry & Sally) The first time in my life i had ever seen a blue bird. I couldn't believe it! Maybe they have always been around and i just never noticed them. I like to think that they found me.( that's my story and i'm sticking with it) From what I have been reading it seems that the couple are roosting. I'm going to check the box this weekend to make sure it's empty. I build a very nice blue bird box with all the safe guards including a night watchmen ha ha. I'am also in the process of building a heated roosting box and hoping i can protect more birds this winter. I need advice ....would it be wise for me to remove the present box that they are in and replace it with the new one or should i wait until winter and hope they go to the heated R box then replace the bird house in the center yard with the new BB house. These birds have become my little buddies and I don't want them harmed in anyway.

......Thank you so much for letting me give you a verbal root cannel. Bunk

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sagrinin
14 years ago
Please post a photos of your bluebird box. I would like to see one. Are they different than the ones you buy?
kendra2003
14 years ago
Wow Bunk, sounds like you're hooked on the Blues. So glad you found the Sialis site. There's so much to know before hosting the Blues. I'm trying to understand your question. Are you saying that you built a box to specs and would like to remove an old box that is not correctly sized for Bluebirds? If so, and they are not currently nesting in the box, it is fine to switch out the old and put up the new one. They will have no trouble adjusting to the switch. I have never had a heated roosting box (and I usually have Bluebirds all winter). I would think it would be no problem to have both an unheated box and a heated box available.
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bunk
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14 years ago
This is Wonderfull!...Blue Birders my hats off to you!
Bare with me...I'm a little scattered and my time is limited.
First things first .....I know this sounds lame but my internet provider for my home computer has not given me the service that I was paying for so I have no service at this time. I'm going to take care of that hopefully this weekend.I'am able to log on at work to do some things in between the work that I do. I'll post photos as soon as I start new internet service. I was concerned with the present conditions for Harry & Sally. So before I signed on to the forum I tried to contact the good people at NABS. A gentlemen there called me yesterday evening we talked for 30 min or so and gave he me advise I will always keep in mind ..... he said try not to fix things before they happen. I must have done something good if they came to that box. I'm going to make the neccesary changes to bring this box up to specs as it stays mounted to the pole.(wren guard,stove pipe) It dosen't open so I'm going to put a bigger roof (and a nest cam) on it and acess it by removing the roof for now. There is one off spec that I don't want to mess with. The hole height dim from the floor to the hole itself is .75 short of 5.75.
I peeked in the hole and noticed that there is nesting material.I will be removing the roof this weekend. I'm expecting it to be empty. It's too late for babies right?

When I get my ducks in a row.... I'll be back
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kendra2003
14 years ago
It's probably too late for a new nest, but you just never know what they'll do. More than likely, they are just loading it up with stuff, which they sometimes do even when they're done nesting for the season. Sounds like you're doing everything right. I wouldn't worry about 3/4 of an inch either. Wishing you the best of luck, and come back when you can.
Connie Kru
14 years ago
I am in SE Michigan.
We lost a nest in Mid July to a Downy woodpecker.
This week we had a nest built in a box in another part of our large yard. Today I peeked and we have one egg, so it is not to late.

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