2014 Box 17

This is Box 17

4/8 Had this box up last year and chickadees failed a nest, decided to put it up last minute and a pair of Chickadees found it within an hour or less!

4/12 Chickadees in and out of the box

4/16 Chickadees nest getting bigger

4/20

Nothing to report

1 egg

4/24

4 eggs

4/28

Hole reducer was added to box and wrens found and tossed out all the eggs. Very disappointed, hoping they will renest. Put a box up close by and crossed my fingers.

4/30

I took the new box for them down because I need it on the trail. I moved their failed box to the same spot the new box was in and left the nest in it. Today I found the nest being worked on once again by chickadees. This means they are renesting in the same box or a new pair. My guess is the same pair. I will wait for an egg to be layed and get it back on a pole with baffle, reducer, and wren guard!

 You can see in this picture I didn't move the box too far from the original place and they chased after it. Maybe they just needed a few days to gather themselves after their loss.

5/2 

After further investigation a wren was tearing out the chickadee nest. This is not a renest.

5/6

Nothing to report empty box.

5/10

Nothing to report

5/14 

Nothing to report

5/18
Nothing new to report

5/22
This box is now in middle of backyard, wrens keep filling it with sticks

5/26

Nothing to report

5/30

Nothing to report

6/9
Nothing to report

6/13
Wren sticks

6/17
Wren sticks

6/21
Cleaning out wren sticks