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From: jimf@cbnewse.ATT.COM (james.r.fehrenbacher)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Eastern Bluebirds
Message-ID: <380@cbnewse.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Aug 89 13:48:55 GMT
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Reply-To: jimf@cbnewse.ATT.COM (james.r.fehrenbacher,ihp,)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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We had a successful nesting pair in our backyard this year - raised 3 babies.
Last year 2 pairs raised 8. But I have to rip sparrow nests out of the bluebird
boxes for the first 3 months of the season. If the bluebirds successfully
inhabit a box and lay eggs early in the season, the sparrows will break them and
build right on top of the bluebird nest - but usually by July the sparrows give up and the bluebirds can do it.