When placing the bluebird/tree swallow nesting boxes I followed the advice to space them well to alleviate territorial disputes. The effect has been that all the houses appear to be occupied by tree swallows. That is fine. A recent birding article in the Minneapolis paper suggested placing two within proximity of each other to attract bluebirds. The tree swallows will occupy one and drive away other swallows leaving a box open for bluebirds which swallows don't bother. That's worth a try.
There's a dearth of egrets this year. Usually there are six or more in the little pond across the street. Now there are none. A few have been spotted on other sloughs. Why so few? Might that be a result of Avian Flu?
A little teaser shower at noon but not the real rain that we need.
Takk for alt,
Al
The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany.
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