WOOLWINE HOUSE BLUEBIRD TRAIL

My new Bluebird Trail is installed!  

Woo-Hoo for Blue! Excitement Exists Waiting For These Beautiful Feathered Friends.

Thanks to neighbor, Carl, for helping build and install the nestboxes. The boxes are doubled-up in pairs to keep Tree Swallows in our area and the Eastern Bluebirds from fighting and to live peacefully as neighbors. I hope you enjoy some pictures of the building and installation. Now we wait….the males will find and court their new mates and show her where he thinks a good nest location can take place. She will “approve” and then start the nest building — takes about a week. I am a member of the North American Bluebird Society and the Virginia Bluebird Society — a new volunteer as a County Coordinator! I’ve seen “courtship” activity on three nestboxes so far! How exciting! I hope you enjoy the Wendell Long photos here as well as artist Susan Bourdet!

Please click on the thumbnails below to view larger picture and captions. Total 14 Nextboxes Installed! These boxes will be monitored weekly and the statistics reported to the Virginia Bluebird Society and North American Bluebird Society. The goal: As many healthy hatchlings and fledglings, bringing more beautiful Bluebirds to Southwest Virginia — Patrick County.

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