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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Graham MaMay Stc.ges Ong Alan Effort
To Save 'Bluebircl from Extik#ion.
the Sentinel recently receiv.ed
a ,note from Graham'•I. acNay of
Ottawa , formerly of this cotzmun" •
ity; It read; •
267 Kirchoffer Ave
Ottawa 13, Ont.
May 23, 1970.
The Lucknow Sentinel,,
Luc1 now'..
Ont.
Dear Donald ,'
Once again it is .time to contri-
bute a bit of lubrication for the
wheels that keep the Sentinel rol-
ling off the'press, so herewith my,'
cheque for $5.0.0. The home ._.
news usually arrives on Monday.
Son Donald who is an.orthopaed.-
is surgeon practising in Warrenton
and Culpeppert Virginia ,
U.S.. A., was up with some medic-
• 41 friends on a : fishing expedition
lasE'week so we have been living
li'1gh on, the piscatorial menu.
lately - trout ranging fromone to
• five pounds, really. yummy: Our
•, -
married last Deceznber. ' Anne,
our:other daughter, and•two child
ren live in. Ottawa and our third
grandchild, a girl, arrived in i
Culpepper, Va. last January.
I still manage to contribute.
some tirne•to the survival ofthe
Eastern bluebird and'have a:t`last
count , about 60 eggs laid .in
nesting boxes in an area•of`some.
hundred square miles.or so. The
first year; 1966, I didn't get' any.
All the best to• yourself .and
staff'.
C, Graham lvlacNay.
The following article appeared
in a May issue of the Ottawa'
Citizen. a .
For those who have been enquir
ing this Spring about bluebirds,
let me' say they're doing quite
well, thank you.: ,
That's according to Graham •
MacNay , who probably haas.
-
done tore•.to save our Ottawa,
area bluebirds than anyother.
person; And I have no doubt
he knows where 4ere are more
bluebird nests in our area,' than
er .erson. ,
In the pass.three, years, . •
Graham•has built and distributed '
(all by himself) more than' 60
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in the I unrolhin-South March •
district: The results have .been
"spectacular, and_:l?'ecause they
sit e" trlii.`l�e"c�e'1`t' rrirth�wh°ile
• for others interested in bluebirds
,
to do likewise:in their' area.
• Ear'l.y this ,eek,' Mr, MacNay..
ria e tour o a .ti
houses, chiefly in the Dunrobin
area. .`Ofthe :3t1 sites he inspeci-
ed, five boxes were rliiss tt i a -
higher .annual loss t an usua , ut
in the remainder , 15 nests were in.
various stages of cotnpletiori.
rive:were finished, four by blue
birds a nd one by tree swallows.,
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WEDNESDAY,. AUGUST 5th, 1970
eggs surprised hint , a; this is the
first in three years with this num-
ber. However, after looking up
a number of references, they all •.'
say from three to six- eggs in a '
nest, so this bird is merely.keep- -
ing the authorities honest. •
The :l0 other nests occupied
Were in various Stages of comple-
tion', but even if half these •
are occupied by bluebirds it will
be a rosy picture for the bluebird
population. They nest twice, . .
and with Mr. •Mac Nay's new
--r-nethod--oft-e-aarLng--out the old
nest to get rid of mites, these
birds should produce "a good ,
population this.•year;. He still has•
to inspect the other half of the
nesting sites and hopefully will •
find Conditions there as good.
Unfortunately , sartiethese._
houses have been torn down over
winter by people \rho do not
reaI•ize• their value. This has.
been• a vanishing species around
the Ottawa area In the /
Dunrobin-South March district
alone , Mr. MacNay's houses
produced more than 60' birds Iasi
year and with good fortune • •
could double that figure this year,
'Perhaps the Dunrobin people may,'
once aga:ir ha lue.b ds-as-co-ni:-
mon as rabiris }rt the next few'
years: ,
boxes,•
One of •the bluebird nests had
six eggs in it, two others had five
each, the -fourth had a single egg,
indicatins the female hadnot'•_
finished laying, Another four
eggs',will bring ft up• to the normal
size. The tree swallow's nest , by
the way, had five eggs.
Graham said the bar with silt •,
Very , very few people are born
liars most of us, though, pick'
ip the ability w,ith;a•rnaz.ing ease.
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