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It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes

10,000 Birds

First and foremost, with regular, frequent visits to each nestbox, you may be able to spot problems threatening your tenants. Unfortunately the Carr fire that burned 229,651 acres in Northern California burned through the area where these boxes were placed and the girls weren’t able to get back into the area to check on them.

Tenant 196
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Western Bluebirds Are Back

10,000 Birds

From the 1913 USDA Farmers Bulletin #513, Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard: “The bluebird is one of the most familiar tenants of the farm and dooryard. Every spring I look forward to monitoring my bluebird trails when I not only get to watch Western Bluebirds develop from eggs to fledglings, but other cavity nesters as well.

Tenant 161