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Waddell/LDMS Trail 2015

WADDELL UPDATE: Week Five

5/11/2015

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Mrs. Squire's Class Report:
Box 1 had 5 eggs and one egg was hatching as we opened the box.  Wow!!!! It was pink and naked and the egg had a circular cut that went all the way around.  It was in two halves.

Mrs. Laubscher's Class Report:

Box #2 – Same two nests (chickadee and eastern blue bird) along with a carpenter bee.

Box #5 – We found a nest that was made of sticks, but did not look done. 

We also saw a robin nest in a bush that was near box 5 and that was really cool because there were five babies.

This week Ranger Pete showed us box #4 where we saw a tree swallow nest with a pinkish/white egg and a complete nest made of feathers.  There was a tree swallow staring at us while we looked at the nest. 

Ranger Pete's Report: Today's monitoring was one of the most exciting days to date. Mrs Rowsey's class checked Box #1 around 1:15 PM to find 5 Eastern Bluebird eggs under the watchful eye of the female who flew around the area while we were gathering our nest box observations. 

Mrs Squire's class returned to take a quick peek at the Bluebird nest with its eggs only to discover the first hatchling working itself free from the egg shell at about 2:15 PM.

Box 4 revealed the first Tree Swallow egg under the watchful eyes of the male perched on a nearby powerline.  

The Lylburn Downing Middle School Nest Box Trail now has a total of 5 species in 4 nest boxes: 
  • Box 1: Eastern Bluebirds
  • Box 2: Eastern Bluebird nest taken over by Carolina Chickadees in turn evicted by a Carpenter Bee. 
  • Box 3: Empty
  • Box 4: Tree Swallows
  • Box 5: House Wrens
  • Behind Box 5 in a bush: American Robins
  • Box 6: Empty


Download the past week's observation photo log below. 
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LDMS Nest Box Observations from Week Five 5-11-15
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