Bird Watching: My Little Chickadee's, 1 by pelletory

pelletory wrote:
Hi Everyone, I have 2 nest boxes up in my yard. One is an old homemade "slot style box" (that cannot be opened and should really be replaced) and the other is a regular box with a round entrance hole (with a hole reducer) and a side door that opens for viewing.

Two years ago I had House Wrens nest in the slot box and although I know they are not a popular bird, I had a nice experience with them. The reason this native bird is not popular is written here at the Sialis site.

http://www.sialis.org/wrens.htm

Last year no birds used either nest box. This year the Carolina Chickadee's are busy checking out both nest boxes. It's beginning to look like they are going to choose the slot box but I have a number of chickadee's here and I can't tell them apart. Here are some pics of the, the slot box is much further away than the other.