Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!npirs!tfisher From: tfisher@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU (Tom Fisher) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Bluebirds in New England Message-ID: <1991Mar20.214019.1759@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU> Date: 20 Mar 91 21:40:19 GMT Article-I.D.: NPIRS.1991Mar20.214019.1759 References: Organization: The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System, Purdue University Lines: 31 From article , by MICHAEL.SOPER@OFFICE.WANG.COM (Michael Soper): > I have lived in Tyngsboro, MA for about 7 years now. We have the good > fortune of being near a lifelong bluebird enthusiast, Lil Files, former > president of the Bluebird Society. > > Each year, several pairs check out our nesting boxes which I have placed > around the property. We usually get two broods a year, but many more in > neighboring locations. They are a joy to watch and hear. > > Are there any bluebird enthusiasts out there who would like to add to > this thread? I'm interested in your observations: feeders, houses, > habitat, etc. //michael.soper@office.wang.com/ We live in north-west Indiana and have several bluebird boxes up. We saw a pair scouting out a box last Sunday (3-17-91) but they apparently moved on. We have had a pair in each of the last two years. As I recall, the broods raised have been four and three. They get extremely aggressive when the young ones leave the box. I got "dive-bombed" real good one evening last summer. I didn't realize the young ones were out and I was within a few yards of one. After nearly having my hair parted a couple of times, it dawned on me what was going on and I moved away. Anyway, we really enjoy the Bluebirds. They kind of "make-our-year". -- ============================================================================== Tom Fisher tfisher@npirs.purdue.edu | "...if by chance we find each Phone (317) 494-6616 | other, it is beautiful." - F. Perls