GLACIAL HERITAGE WESTERN BLUEBIRDS
The monitoring team for Glacial Heritage has been enjoying some wonderful weather and gorgeous wildflowers while keeping track of the comings and goings of our nest box occupants. Pictured above are two of our beloved bluebirds laying claim to one of the older nest boxes. We installed seven more boxes in mid-May because there was so much competition for them. We now have 38 boxes with these birds occupying them as of May 25th:
- Western Bluebirds: 6 pairs
- Violet Green Swallows: 12 pairs
- Tree Swallows: 8 pairs
There is still some competition going on between swallows for ownership of a few of the remaining boxes.
The plan is to go out every ten days to monitor. What a joy it is to witness all this bird activity!
Photo credit: Western Bluebirds, by Bruce Jacobs.
