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Re: Fewer Bluebirds



rmitche2@tds.net writes:
>Has any else noticed fewer Eastern Bluebirds this spring?
>I have monitored a trail of 20-24 houses for the past nine years. Total
>fledglings have ranged from 37 to 84 per year. Unless something changes
>soon
>this promises to be the poorest year yet. The problem seems to be fewer
>adults available for nesting.
>                                                 Reece
>Reece 'n Judy Mitchell
>Flat Rock, NC
>rmitche2@tds.net
>

I have previously had two or three nestings in each of my three boxes.  I
have yet to see one egg!  I see many pairs of bluebirds daily, but....

Eleanor O'Neill
Monroe, Union County, NC