Checkling out the nestbox
A pair of starlings was looking at the nestbox. Hoping someone claims it soon!
A pair of starlings was looking at the nestbox. Hoping someone claims it soon!
I have been watching Mr. and Mrs. Starling collect stuff dor their nest, sometimes they get something really weird!
The blackbirds drain the feeder in minutes! The other birds haven’t much of an opportunity to feed
Today a male starling was looking at the nestbox, he inspected the whole thing and looked inside. He called over the female who didn’t look pleased with it. (She didn’t even look inside) There is a wasp inside. We tried blasting it out with the hose yesterday, it left, and now it’s back. I heard that vaseline can help. Is this true and how do I prevent the wasp from coming back?
Baby Great-tailed Grackles!
Immature Great-Tailed Grackles and European Starlings came to eat birdseed
I maxed out at five photos and have one photo left so please see the other photo!
Unlike most people, I love starlings! They are colorful and fun to watch. It’s exciting to have them visit. It’s sad that people don’t like birds like European Starlings, House sparrows, Rock Pigeons, Muscovy Ducks, Canada Geese, seagulls, Cowbirds, and other birds and they feel the need to kill, trap, poison, chase, and destroy their nest, eggs and young. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜¢
Sorry for the not-so-great pictures. Aside from the three kinds of warblers, I saw a European Starling, two Ospreys, robins, crows, Tree Swallows, Black-capped Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, and White-breasted Nuthatches.
Homemade house of a large fishing bobber cooler mounted on a 16ft pole. Put it up 4-22-18 and occupied on 4-23-18. Timing is everything!
If ya can’t beat em, work with them. Which is why we give our starling pair a larger nest box in our shop they can nest in, so we don’t have issues whith taking over swallow nests on our property. Luckily our pair isn’t very confrontational unless it’s with predators (wich is quite usefull!)
This is a European Starling bringing some feathers to the nest.
8 eggs in what I believe is a Starlig nest in our grill on our deck. 2 eggs were laid on May 11th.
Backyard snapshots
Fox snake inside Purple Martin T-14 rig with improper siting and no baffle
This spring we had about 12 Starling fledglings (pretty sure from more than one brood). They made a lot of noise and the parents were constantly busy.
I have a route of kestrel nest boxes that I check every two weeks in the spring, as a volunteer with Conserve Wildlife NJ. These photos are some of the more interesting things I found yesterday.