The Bluebird Trail 2011 - Rated PG! - Page 7 - Wildlife Gardeners

Hedgerowe · 07-18-2011, 02:52 PM

Dap, I checked your blog and saw the photo of the leetle bebe bluebirds! You must be so excited and I am happy for you!

dapjwy · 07-18-2011, 04:37 PM

Thanks, Hedge, I am!

I'll try to post some here too...I just hate to repeat myself. ..and, sometimes, I find if I post everything here, those pics never end up in the blog--which is the closest thing to a journal that I have.

The butterfly picture I took this spring was entered into the POM contest and I use it for my desktop background, but I have yet to put it up on the blog.

I'll post a pic of them here anyway.

There are now three hatchlings...here is their internet debut:

havalotta · 07-18-2011, 09:14 PM

Nothing more precious than that and a proud, proud daddy boasting about his young-ens.

fishlkmich · 07-19-2011, 07:00 AM

This has been a great year for bluebirds here. From my two locations, twelve have fledged and I have at least six more to go. Let's hope that things keep going well everywhere!

My tree swallows are long gone. They fledge and leave. We will see them in the spring. I have never seen tree swallows start a nest after June. Most have gone by the end of June.

dapjwy · 07-19-2011, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by fishlkmich

This has been a great year for bluebirds here. From my two locations, twelve have fledged and I have at least six more to go. Let's hope that things keep going well everywhere!

Great to hear. I agree, let's hope they make a huge comeback. I've always read that bluebirds used to be as common as robins.

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Originally Posted by fishlkmich

My tree swallows are long gone. They fledge and leave. We will see them in the spring. I have never seen tree swallows start a nest after June. Most have gone by the end of June.

Thanks for the info. I'll remove the nest, disinfect, and see what happens...even if I just open it up for another bluebird pair. I'd like to believe there are more around...I'd like to think that past years' young would come back to try to nest here, too--if there is an available box.

jack · 07-19-2011, 01:23 PM

Dap, have the nestling fledged yet in the Japanese Maple???

dapjwy · 07-19-2011, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jack

Dap, have the nestling fledged yet in the Japanese Maple???

LOL! Not sure. ...but I know where you are going.

Funny, I was just eyeing it up today after getting home. I know you told me not to wait for the blackgum to get to a reasonable height, but I'd still like SOMETHING to replace it with.

jack · 07-19-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dapjwy

LOL! Not sure. ...but I know where you are going.

Funny, I was just eyeing it up today after getting home. I know you told me not to wait for the blackgum to get to a reasonable height, but I'd still like SOMETHING to replace it with.

Just giving you a friendly nudge....

dapjwy · 07-19-2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jack

Just giving you a friendly nudge....

Thanks...looks like I need one.

I *really* don't want to keep it...and I finally convinced Jeff it has to go(planting the blackgum seedling near it helped), but I'm thinking I should girdle it in the winter so it just never comes up in the spring.

I feel like a hypocrite--were you the one that I convinced that yours had to go?

jack · 07-19-2011, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dapjwy

Thanks...looks like I need one.

I *really* don't want to keep it...and I finally convinced Jeff it has to go(planting the blackgum seedling near it helped), but I'm thinking I should girdle it in the winter so it just never comes up in the spring.

I feel like a hypocrite--were you the one that I convinced that yours had to go?

No, I'm the one you accused of having "exotics."

07-18-2011, 04:37 PM	#62
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Thanks, Hedge, I am! I'll try to post some here too...I just hate to repeat myself. ..and, sometimes, I find if I post everything here, those pics never end up in the blog--which is the closest thing to a journal that I have. The butterfly picture I took this spring was entered into the POM contest and I use it for my desktop background, but I have yet to put it up on the blog. I'll post a pic of them here anyway. There are now three hatchlings...here is their internet debut: Attached Thumbnails __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

07-18-2011, 09:14 PM	#63
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	Nothing more precious than that and a proud, proud daddy boasting about his young-ens. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

07-19-2011, 07:00 AM	#64
fishlkmich Salamander Join Date: Nov 2008	This has been a great year for bluebirds here. From my two locations, twelve have fledged and I have at least six more to go. Let's hope that things keep going well everywhere! My tree swallows are long gone. They fledge and leave. We will see them in the spring. I have never seen tree swallows start a nest after June. Most have gone by the end of June. __________________ www.michiganmartins.com

07-19-2011, 01:23 PM	#66
jack Great Horned Owl Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northeastern MA	Dap, have the nestling fledged yet in the Japanese Maple??? __________________ "Know thyself." Oracle at Delphi

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07-18-2011, 02:52 PM	#61
Hedgerowe Pope Join Date: May 2009 Location: Virginia	Dap, I checked your blog and saw the photo of the leetle bebe bluebirds! You must be so excited and I am happy for you!