Bluebird and Small Cavity Nester Conservation

Sialis - Bluebirds and other small cavity nesters

2006 Chimalis Trail Log

Also see 2003 and 2004 logs, and 2004 trail report and 2005 log

ID	Type	2003-2005 use/ attempts	Attempt # Species, & Fate	First Egg Date	Clutch Size	Hatch Date	# Nestlings	Fledge Date	# Fledglings	Blowfly	Comments
1Z	PETE N (NABS in 2002-3) 15 Shaw S Xmas tree field 41.56.511 072.04.380	2002, 2004: EABL 2005: EABL F and HOSP AND HOWR	TRES S	5/28	5	6/14	5	7/5	5		02/20/06: Male HOSP cheeping 03/24/06: EABL pair 4/11: TRES? grass 4/20: Nest almost done (cup) 5/14: small nest, wasp problems, no egg, 5/19 no egg 5/22: M HOSP On box, caught, 5/24 TRES 5/29: 2 eggs 6/2: 5 eggs 6/23: mom sticking head out 7/5: fledged
	GWOOD N front of 15 Shaw Tree field PAIR	2005: 3 HOSP F, 2 HOWR F	HOSP F TRES F	5/23	5		0		0		4/17: 1/2 compltd HOSP nest. Spooked F, trapped M, rmd 5/14: TRES nest?, 5/19 no egg, 5/24 2. 5/29-5 eggs 6/11: no eggs, HOSP perching. 6/17, 23, 7/6 no activity.
	PETE E corner of Hansen field	New in 2006	TRES S	6/13	5		?		1		5/5: zip 5/14: poop, few pcs 6/14: complete nest, 2 eggs 6/17: 5 eggs 6/27: incubating 7/9: only one baby. Parent nearby. fledged - date? Last TRES around.
2 Z	NABS E (wood, plastic 2005) Tree 15 Shaw lawn/brush 51.56.535 072.04.397	2002?: TUTI (wooden box)	TUTI F	6/10	4		0		0		Few pieces of leaf (titmouse?) 5/13: nada 6/10: TUTI NEST! 1 egg on 6/10, only 2 on 6/11, 3 on 6/12 spooked her. 6/15 installed nestcam. One egg broke. See Blog.
3 Z	NABS Fence 15 shaw W lawn 41.56.530 072.04.381	TRES HOWR 2005: HOWR F HOSP F									3/9: HOSP perching 4/20: TRES perching
4 Z	NABS E NW 15 Shaw lawn 41.556.552 072.04.389	TRES HOWR HOSP 2005: BCCH S, HOWR F	TRES S HOWR A	5/28	5		4	7/5	4		5.13: nest no eggs 5/15: HOWR activity 5/19: no egg 5/29: 2 eggs 6/17: 3 babies, 1 egg? 6/18: 4 babies 7/5: fledged, 1 unhatched eggs egg
5 Z	NABS N 15 Shaw SE by wall lawn/brush 41.56.518 072.04.349	TRES HOWR 2005: TRES S, HOWR F	TRES S	5/12 5/23	5		5	6/29?	5		5/5: complete nest 5/14: 3 eggs 5/17, 5/19: no eggs! 5/25: 3 eggs 5/29: 5 eggs 6/22: getting big 6/29: fledged
6 T	NABS N Rogers - 171 Xmas tree field 41.56.487 072.04.345	TRES HOSP BCCH 2005: TRES S	TRES S		5		5		5		4/2: few straws 4/20: straws 5/5: complete nest, 5/14 no eggs 5/29: 5 eggs 6/17: 5 babies. 6/23 med. size 7/6: nest empty, rmd
7 T	NABS N Hansen - Lynn Xmas tree field SE41.56.480 072.04.365	EABL HOSP TRES 2005: HOSP F, TRES S	TRES S	5/11	4?		4		4		5/14: 4 eggs? 6/23: 4 babies
8 T	NABS W, 2004 BB Love Xmas tree field 41.56.467 072.04.460	TRES	TRES S		6		4		4		5/5: deep nest, no feathers, look like blue 5/14: no feathers or eggs 5/29: 6 eggs 6/2: 4 babies, 1 egg 6/14: only 3 babies? Big. 6/17: 1 unhatched eggs egg 6/27: all gone, not much poop, tons of crawlies UGH 8/4: no action
28I	Mod NABS NE Irene's tree chick 41.56.438 072.04.295										5/29: nothing
33?	PETE E Hansen in Xmas trees by stream	2005: EABL F	EABL S	6/7	5		4		4		5/5 TRES, wet bottom 5/14, 5/29: nest, no eggs - dummy? 6/10: 4 EABL eggs! MW 6/11: 5 EABL eggs 6/17: all well, fed meals 6/27: 4 babies hatched, 2 days? 7/4:rmd 1 unhatched eggs egg Fledged successfully
9 T	NABS Barber N field, W of treehouse 41.56.431 072.04.292	EABL HOSP 2005: HOSP HOWR F	TRES S		6		5		5		4/2: few straws 4/17: TRES ptl nest, one wasp 5/5: complete nest, some seedheads! 5/14: no eggs 5/29: wouldn't budget, 6 eggs 6/2: hatching 6/17: 5 babies 7/5: gone 8/4: beginnings of mouse nest?
10 T	NABS Freels E Front Hansen - 198 WSW 41.56.486 072.04.427	2005: TRES S 2006: replace Freels									4/11: 1 blade grass 5/4: TRES inside 5/5, 5/14, 5/19, 5/29: few strands grass, feather showed up 6/22: feather missing.
	NABS Rubicon on tree in woods										4/11, 5/25: n
11 Z	GILB E 15 Shaw, E lawn 41.56.540 072.04.333	BCCH 2005: 2 EABL S	HOWR A HOWR		3						5/13: sticks 5/19: nada 6/11: few sticks 7/5: ae. Downy roosting in box. 7/20: HOWR nest attempt. Two eggs - 1 white, laid c. 7/23 7/30: second white egg (time skipped?)
	GILW 15 Shaw back lawn by 4Z	2005: TRES S, HOWR F	EABL S EABL S HOWR F	4/10 5/28	6 6	4/28? 7/6	6 6	4/16-17	7/1	6? 6?	3/8: M EABL perching 4/2: complete EABL nest (F bringing) 4/30: 6 babies, looked about 3 days old. Mealworms fed 2xday 5/5: babies fine. 5/17: nest filthy, one baby left, poorly feathered 5/18: all gone 5/23: new nest! 5/29: 2 eggs, spker 6/4: 6 eggs 6/14: babies have hatched,didn't count 6/29: getting to fledge? still feeding in box ?7/1 all gone 7/4: HOWR attempt. Put in cam.
12 J now 31	NABS, 2003 GILB 2006 SE Johns by duck fence	NABS 2003: 1 HOWR F 1 HOWR S 2005: HOWR S 2006: GILB SE	HOWR A								5/5, 5/14, 5/1 pair HOWR sticks HOWR grass 2e rm 6/2, 6: no action
27J	GWOOD, 2005 CARR E Johns by stone wall	2005: TRES S	TRES S	5/25?	6	6/12-14	5	7/4	4		5/5: paperwasps. 1 leaf, 1 stick 5/14, 5/19: nest, no eggs 5/29: 5, 6/2: 6 eggs 6/19: 5 fine. 6/26: 1 dead (at 15 days, was alive on 6/23) 7/6: cleaned out
14C	NABS E-S Chapuis on tree 41.56.436 062.04.227	New box and moved	TUTI S	5/5?	8	5/17	6? 5?		5		4/20: ETTI nest underway? 5/5: looks like BCCH to me. 5/7: TUTI! 5/17:about 1/2 hatched 5/19: 2 unhatched eggs remd. 5/21: only 5 babies?5/29: 5 6/5: fledged? 6/17: hole chewed, empty
29C	NABS SW Chapuis back41.56.440 072.04.211	2005: HOWR F	HOWR F								5/19: HOWR nesting 5/21: nest almost complete, no egg 5/29: complete, 2erm 6/17: 1 egg, 6/23 6er5624 7/6: abnd, downy roosting
	NABS Chapuis feeder	HOWR			5		5		5		Downy was roosting. 6/17: complete HOWR dummy sticks to top 7/6: 5 eggs 8/1: 5 fledged prem
13R	NABS small S 2006: GILB S Tivnan lawn41.56.472 072.04.281	2005: HOSP F, TRES S	TRES F HOWR A								5/5: empty 5/14: nest 5/21: no egg, 1 E PW 5/29: partial nest, no eggs 6/9: HOWR dummy 6/14: HOWR 6/23: dummy 7/6:rmd sticks
	SLOT by Duffy	2005: HOSP F, HOWR S	HOWR A TRES F								5/5, 5/14 f: HOWR dummy 5/21: 1HErmv 5/29: grass nest, no eggs 6/2: flat grass nest - TRES? 6/14: nest missing, sticks. 6/23, 7/6 5er 8/4: gave up? few sticks, heard singing.
16 T	PETE E Behind treehouse 41.56.500 072.04.302	EABL 2005: TRES F	TRES S	5/13	4		4		4	gone 6/23	4/2: some nesting material 4/17: nada 5/5: nest, looks like a bluebird! no feathers yet. Saw TRES 5/14: 2 eggs 5/19: 4?, 5/29 wouldn't budge 6/2: hatched, bigger, one week old? 6/17: 6 adults divebombed me. 4 babies, 1 flew out, retnd.
17L	NABS E-S E of treehouse tree farm 41.56.392 07.04.266	EABL 2005: EABL S	EABL S EABL S	4/14 6/15	5 5	5/4? 7/1	5 5		5 5		4/2: complete nest? 1 feather. 4/13: no eggs 4/15: 2 eggs 4/17: 4 eggs, put up spooker 4/20: 5 eggs 5/3: eggs still 5/4: babies hatched. 5/14: looked okay, fed 5/17: nest changed, crapped up. 5/21: fed, still in box 5/29: empty 6/2: some graass, empty 6/17: 3 EABL eggs! 6/19: 5 eggs. Instld spooker. grass nest 6/23 all well 7/1: 1 hatching 7/6: 5 look good. 8/4: gone of course, few sticks
18L	NABS small N isolate tree farm41.56.345 072.04.250	TRES 2005: TUTI S	TRES S	5/22	5? 4?		4		4?		5/5: TRES starting 5/19: no eggs 5/22: 1 egg 6/2: 4 eggs 6/17, 6/23: 4 babies
	Novabird Cage box tree farm	Red Squirrel							0		4/17, 5/5, 5/14: nada. 6/2: 5 chewed, 2 right through 6/23: some interior chewing of hole 8/4: large green maple leaves. 9/28: red squirrel with more complete nest, no young
26H	NABS small E Hosmer Chick brush	2005: TRES F, HOWR F	BCCH F HOWR F								Some moss (chickadee), some sticks (HOWR)
19H	PETE E PAIR 4156227 07243370 Hosmer S peninsula wet grass, trees	TRES 2005: TRES S, TRES F	EABL S	5	5/19?		5		5		4/4: few blades of grass 4/13: EABL nest 1/4 4/17: TRES seen, nest has no bottom, leaf, sticks? 4/20: deep cup, some feathers, weird! 5/1: 5 eggs. 5/29: have not fledged yet. 5/31: still in nest. 6/9: fledged, cleaned out, no blow fly? undewater. 6/19: little bit of grass, 6/23 NC
56	GILB E PAIR peninsula, wet grass	New in 2006	TRES S	5	6/8		5		5		4/13: few blades grass 4/20: TRES on 5/1, 5/19: a little grass, no nest, 5/29 some grass, NE 6/9: 2 TRES eggs 6/19, 6/23: 5 eggs 7/6 - 5 TRES? EABLS? look about 14 days old. Gone.
21S	PETE E 4156288 07204396 Hosmer Pair S meadow PAIR	TRES 2005: EABL S	EABL S	4			4		4		4/20: nada 5/19: TRES nest, 1 poopy egg 5/29: nest, no eggs 6/2: wasp, no eggs, ptl nest. 6/19, 23: full nest one feather, no eggs 7/6 4 eggs, incub? 8/4: caused premie fledging? 8/11: all gone.
20 N 55	GILB N 4156292 07204396 Hosmer Pair N meadow	2005 NABS: TRES S Replaced 2006	TRES S		5		4?		4?		4/13: 1/4 nest - seed heads 4/17: completed TRES 4/20: no eggs 5/19: TRES nest, no eggs, 5/29: 5 eggs 6/9: 4 babies, 2 days old? 6/19: babies okay, 6/23: big babies 7/6: gone
22H	PETE E 4156349 07204415 John	TRES 2005: TRES S 2006: relc Johns	TRES S	5/27	5		5		5		4/17: nada 5/5: few blades grass, saw TRES 5/14: nest no eggs 5/29: 3 eggs 6/10: 5 eggs incub 6/17: big, 6/23: fluffy 7/6: gone
32	GILB E 2006 PAIR John/Hos pond	New 2006									4/17: few pcs grass 5/14, 5/29. 6/2, 6/17: some grass. 6/23: NC
23R	NABS small E Behind Hansen lawn stream 41.56.466 062.04.462	BCCH 2005: BCCH S, HOWR F	BCCH S BCCH	4/27 6/26	8 5	5/19? 7/?	7/14? 1 unhatched eggs egg 3		8? 3		4/12: BCCH in, no nesting material 5/1: 4 eggs 5/19: 7 hatched? 6/13: nest flattened and poopy, no remains. HOSP perching. 6/12: Trapped EABL. 6/19: empty 6/23: 3" moss! 6/27: 2 chickadee eggs under blanket 7/6-9: 5 eggs 7/20: 3 babies, 2 unhatched eggs 8/4: gone
1 ZW	PETE E Moved behind Hansen Lawn/stream 41.56.575 072.04.465	2005: TRES S	TRES S	5/19			4?		4?		3/11: ton of poop - chewed by downy? 5/1: nest complete 5/19: 1 egg 5/23: babies medium size - #?
25	FLYC W on chimney 15 Shaw	New in 2006									3/14: EUST checking it out. 3/17: EUST seen bringing nesting material. 3/20: BCCH seen. 3/22? BCCH 4/20: EABLs, TRES checking 5/1: nuthatch checked
RV		New 2006	TUTI F								4/4: Titmouse building nest in RV compartment, moved material to box in front of compartment which was closed. 4/12: saw ETTI 5/5: no eggs 5/? removed nest.
30	GILB John's backyard by brush	Was NABS GILB 2006	HOWR A								6/2, 6/17 Many HOWR attempts
	Other trap box		HOWR F	5/25		6/14	1				baby hatched. later box was empty (no predator guard)
	Starling trp box 41.56.529 SW 072.04.345	HOWR 2005: HOWR F

ANNUAL SUMMARIES - also see Landfill Trail (need to check these numbers)

YEAR	# Boxes	Boxes w/ succesful nests	EABL	TRES	BCCH	TUTI	HOWR	HOSP	Total fledged/ #blues/# per box
2002	4	4	1 nesting, 5 fledged	0	0	2 nestings, 10 fledged	?	?	15/5/2.66 fledge per box
2003	13	9	2 nesting, 1 F, 9 eggs, 8 hatched, 4 fledged	X	X	X	X	7 attempts in 5 boxes	29/4/2.23 fledge per box
2004	28	21	X	X nestings	4 nestings, 2 successful, 18 eggs, 9 hatched and fledged	1 successful nesting, 6 fledged.	13 attempts in 9 boxes, 2 successful nestings with 6 fledged.	10 attempts in 6 boxes, all failed	114/26/4.07 fledge per box
2005	33	20	4 nest attempts in 3 boxes. 4 successful. Total of 20 eggs, 17 hatched, 17 fledged. First egg 4/21.	15 nest attempts in 13 boxes. 10 successful, nestings, ~79 eggs, ~49 hatched, ~41 fledged. DOUBLECHECK	2 nestings, 14 eggs, 13 hatched, 13 fledged	1 nesting, 6 eggs, 2 fledged.	15 attempts in 13 boxes, 6 fledged	9 attempts in 7 boxes, all failed.	79/17/2.39 fledge per box
2006	39	23	7 nestings, 3 second nestings 1 in a different box). First egg: 4/10, 36 eggs, 35 fledged	23 nest attempts in 23 boxes, 78 eggs, 64 hatched, 63 fledged	2 subsequent nestings in same box, 13 eggs, 11 hatched and fledged	3 attempts, 1 successful, 12 eggs, 6 hatched, 5 fledged	9 attempts, 1 successful, 9 eggs in 3 nests, 6 hatched in 2 nests, 5 fledged from one nest. 2 TRES nests removed by HOWR. Possibly 3 TRES eggs in a 3rd box lost. 3 HOWR eggs pecked by a HOWR.	1 nest - 5 TRES eggs probably lost to HOSP. Also possibly 3 TUTI eggs (nest abandoned)

1/27/06: Griffin saw 7 bluebirds in back
2/19/06: first HOSP male claiming box #1.
2/24/06: captured male HOSP at residence in DRST.
3/6/06: captured second male HOSP in DRST -season total 2.
3/8/06: M EABL perching on Gilb in back, Pete in front
3/9/06: M HOSP perching on NABS on fence.
3/10/06: 3 M HOSP caught in DRST with M decoy in cage. Total 5 M.
3/11: 3 F caught with DRST, total 5M, 3F = 8, lost 1 F. Checked rest of boxes, no nesting action yet. Heard EABLs by Hosmers.
3/12: trapped 1 F, total 5M, 3F. 3/13, Saw another male on shrub.
3/14: EUST checking out gcfl box
3/15: caught 1F DRST, total 5M 4F.
3/16: caught a junco today, finch yesterday in Biddle trap. Released immediately.
3/21: 1 M HOSP and 2 F HOSP by back, Total 6M, 6F
3/23: 1 F, Total 6M, 7F. One cowbird released. Pair of bluebirds in front of house.
3/24: Taught EABL pair to come to mealworm feeder. Starling at chimney box, also EABL pair from front?
3/25: Male HOSP at chimney box. Caught CAWR in trap, released.
3/26: EUST in box. Caught male H. 7M 7F total.
4/1: 2M, 3F caught in past week. Total 9M, 10F. TRES are back
4/4: Titmouse building nest in RV cubby? Put up box
4/10: 2M, 1F HOSP. Total 11M,11F
4/11: 1M, total 12M, 11F
4/15: 1 F, total 12M, 12F
4/17: Trapped M with Van Ert. 13M, 12F
4/18: 1F, 13M, 13F
4/19: 1F, 13M, 14F
4/20: TRES and male EABL checking out gcfl box
5/8: have seen nuthatch looking at gcfl box. Starlings nest building.
5/12: no TRES eggs yet.
5/13: Male HOSP seen on back fence box. Trapped in Van Ert inbox trap. 14M, 14F
5/16: training and cold for a week now. Caught M HOSP in Van Ert Inbox trap, 15M, 14F.
5/17: 5 babies fledged, one left, looks too small, can not fly. Nest was wet and FILTHY. One M in DRST, 1 F 16M, 15 F. Bumblebee checking out GCFL box.
5/18: decoys gone.
5/21: male (one-eyed) on Pete box. Trapped with Van Ert.
5/24: caught 2 more male in DRST, 19M, 15F
5/29: back, put decoy out, 1 M in DRST, 20M, 15F
6/?: Z caught one more F, lost decoys to cat. 20M, 16F
6/12: Lost TRES eggs in Gilwood box, HOSP later perching. Caught M EABL two times (in Gilwood and Van Ert trap box).
6/20: nuthatch looking at GCFL box. 6/22: HOWR checking it out (in and out)
7/20: saw bluebird pair looking in backyard Gilwood.
7/24: saw male HOSP on wire.
8/2: saw male HOSp, 2 juvies
10/30: saw EABL pair lats week. 3+ juvie starlings checking out GCFL box.
11/1: still have EABLs eating mealworms, saw a nuthatch checking out GCFL box.
11/6: 3 EABLs checking out boxes, eating mealworms
11/10: Starlings, pair of HOSP checking out GCFL box.
11/13: 9 or 10 EABLs at feeders, chattering, checking out trap box.
11/16: EABLs still feeding. 2M HOSP in ground trapped - 22M, 16F total
11/17: caught 1F with decoys, 22M, 17F
11/21: 1M, 23M, 17F
12/11: 1F. 23M, 18F

May all your blues be birds!

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