Re: bluebird box?

[DPMerritt@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/7/02 6:43:50 AM, sandraherring@mindspring.com writes:

<< I was under the impression that the bluebirds would not return  to start a
second brood if you did not clean out the box. I guess this is not so?? >>

We have a pair of bluebirds whose first set of eggs never hatched.  One day 
the eggs were gone and another nest built ... actually they had built a nest 
on top of the unhatched eggs.

The second group did not hatch either.  They tried again in a different box, 
same result.  They now have their fourth set of eggs back in the original box 
(which we *had* emptied this time).  They keep trying, but obviously there is 
a fertility problem with at least one of the pair.

We've had better luck with two other pairs, though, so our yard and garden is 
filled with bluebirds :)

Debbie Merritt
Zebulon, NC