HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-10-30, Page 3Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 30, 1985—Page 3
Bluebirds face stiff competition for nesting spots
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here and there - a bird box doesn't take
much wood." A .carpenter in town also
helps with the wood supply bringing
bits and pieces from „jobs he does.
The boxes are constructed with an
inch and a half entry hole. "It keeps the
starlings out, that's the main thing. I've
even found squirrels and several boxes
with mice. I don't mind throwing them
out in the spring."
While he's checking the condition of
the boxes and throwing out the mice,
Bill also checks the bluebird nests;
using a book to log what he finds.
He counts the eggs and then estimat-
es a 25 to 30 per cent casualty rate to
arrive at the approximate bluebird
population. Bill finds casualties result
from broken wings, road spraying when
the birds are young but primarily from
some of the conditions prevelant in
spring. After a warm spring day and a
particularly cold night, he checked the
young birds and found 15 had. succum-
bed.
Even though they are susceptible to a
variety off problems, when using his
sytem to evaluate the population, there
are about 100 bluebirds in the area that
weren't here last fall.
Bluebirds usually lay five eggs
though that will rarely drop to four or
increase to six. Another thing that helps
to offset the fragility of the population
and the fact that frost is a major enemy
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BM Henderson periodically checks nesting boxes he hat set up in the area for bluebirds.
The retired minister has covered an area of about 35 square miles with 300 lboxes.
[James Friel photo]
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to the early nesting birds, is that many
bluebirds go •through two nestings a
year. That nesting usually contains four
eggs. Some may even have three
clutches of eggs in a year.
Following the nesting season in the
meadowlands. of Ontario/ the tiny blue-
bird winters in the Florida area until the
.spring. The delicate birds, suffered a
great deal of damage to their population
when a spate of unseasonable weather
conditions plagued the southern state
about 10 years ago.
For all his efforts; the retired minister
gains pleasure in hearing reports- of the
upswing of the number of bluebirds in
the area. Not long ago a local farmer
phoned to say he had seen 12 of the
birds together, something that is ver7
rare these days.
. In his study Bill also has an excellent
photograph of a bluebird about to land,
which he spotted in a camera ad and of
• which the photographer graciously sent
a copy, free of charge. On another wall a
watercolor of some bluebirds by Glen
• Loates hangs, a gift from his children.
Hopefully, with Bill's efforts and the
efforts of other bird watchers and blue-
• bird fanciers, the endangered bird can
recoup its losses. A walk in the woods to
a favorite fishing hole or down some
railway tracks on a warm summer's day
can be a little more special while
noticing the birds nearby and especially
the startlingly rich hue of the bluebird.
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