tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883250803887730426.post5697728812818666775..comments2024-03-28T12:32:37.671-04:00Comments on the common milkweed: Bluebirds!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07240950009652561116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883250803887730426.post-5236253641036662052011-04-18T18:26:51.508-04:002011-04-18T18:26:51.508-04:00Grammie - 14 boxes! That's awesome. We do pl...Grammie - 14 boxes! That's awesome. We do plan to add more. So far no house sparrow interest in the box though they are in the area.<br /><br />Michele - bushtits! How exciting! Can't wait to see pics. :)<br /><br />Katie - They're both predator deterrents. The second type is very slippery and shouldn't allow any animal to crawl up. We didn't have anymore umbrella baffles and see many of this style (out of pvc though) at nature centers.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240950009652561116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883250803887730426.post-71295227591571351682011-04-18T12:45:24.559-04:002011-04-18T12:45:24.559-04:00I think I lost a thread here. Not having bird box...I think I lost a thread here. Not having bird boxes of my own, I'm not sure what the purpose of your new baffle serves. That dome-looking lamp shade in the first few pics looks like it might be a deterrent to predators that like to climb poles. However, your newly constructed baffle leaves me, well... baffled. Do you have an explanation for the style? Oh, congrats on having a favorable bluebird nesting box!Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883250803887730426.post-68721391592061984982011-04-17T19:16:12.281-04:002011-04-17T19:16:12.281-04:00Oh wow! I am so excited for you! I visited a frien...Oh wow! I am so excited for you! I visited a friend this morning and Bushtits are building a nest in her front yard (blog post soon!) and I have chestnut-backed and black-capped chickadees checking out my nest boxes. Love is in the air!NW Nature Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274110274292106230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883250803887730426.post-46391673498075687762011-04-17T09:54:51.425-04:002011-04-17T09:54:51.425-04:00HiJ&S...wonderful,I can just imagine the your ...HiJ&S...wonderful,I can just imagine the your are pretty thrilled about that!<br />The house they seem to be taking is a ideal Bluebird house, perfect to be able to open and monitor!!<br />My Bluebirds are back seeming to favour last year 'digs' even though they have been in and out of all the house it seem...unless there is more than one pair!!<br />If you have any House Sparrows around keep an eye on them..I had one peck at a setting bluebirds head and it killed it!! <br />You have alot of area there to put up many houses...I have 3 acres of land and 14 houses(bird that is lol)grammie ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839269423384232974noreply@blogger.com