Bird Watching: When it rains it pours tree swallows and blue birds, 1 by OPbirder

OPbirder wrote:
Dave, you are welcome to be president of my thread anytime! I'm just sick about your sad sad news.

Thank you for giving LeBug information. Everything I've learned I've learned from you Dave.

Sacarv - I've got four boxes up this year. Two on the north side of my building, and two on the east side. One is vacant on the north side, and a pair of bluebirds have 4 eggs as of this a.m. in the other. However, I'm quite concerned about this pair of bbs. They do not seem to be aggressive - same problem as last year's pair. They do not appear to be chasing the house sparrows away. I watched for a while this morning, and in this bad photo the female bb is perched on the roof near a male and female house sparrow. One the buiding are two light fixtures and a red fire alarm. There is a hosp nest behind the bell w/chicks. They will probably fledge in about a week. I don't know if these are the parent hosp or if they are interested in the vacant nesting box.

I'm going over later this afternoon to put a trap in the vacant box. But I am worried about the adult bluebirds - as we all are after hearing Dave's tragedy.