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Re: Valentine's & Bluebirds
- To: BILL HILTON JR Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History <hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Subject: Re: Valentine's & Bluebirds
- From: Anne Lurie <ALURIE@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:52:54 -0500
- Cc: CAROLINA BIRDS <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- References: <p0433010bb8917fbbcca5@[10.0.1.11]>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Oops! My sincere apologies to Bill Hilton.
I misread his earlier post; when he mentioned having boxes up by
mid-February, he was referring to *new* boxes rather than boxes that had
been removed (see below).
Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh
> Here at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, some
> bluebirds have already formed pairs and are looking around for
> nesting locations. (In fact, I'm watching a pair investigating a box
> right now!) Even with this early activity, it's not too late to build
> and erect new nestboxes; in most of the Carolinas actual breeding
> won't begin to occur for six weeks or so, but it's still best to try
> to have your boxes up by mid-February.