Nest Box 27

There are three main cavity nesting species here at the James Reserve:

Violet-green swallow tend to have a clutch size between 4 to 7 eggs. It will take 14 - 15 days for the eggs to hatch once the mother starts incubating the eggs. Some eggs may not hatch because one of the parents is infertile, poor incubation (common with young females with little incubating experience) or the egg shell is week. Once the eggs hatch the young birds will not fledge from the nest for 16 to 22 days. If the food source is in plenty a violet-green swallow pair can produce a 2nd brood in the same nesting season.

 

Western Bluebirds tend to have a clutch size between 4 to 6 eggs. It will take 13 - 14 days for the eggs to hatch once the mother starts incubating the eggs. Some eggs may not hatch because one of the parents is infertile, poor incubation (common with young females with little incubating experience) or the egg shell is week. Once the eggs hatch the young birds will not fledge from the nest for 17 to 22 days. If the food source is in plenty a western bluebird pair can produce a 2nd brood in the same nesting season.

 

Mountain chickadee tend to have a clutch size between 5 to 9 eggs. It will take 14 - 15 days for the eggs to hatch once the mother starts incubating the eggs which begins with the laying of the penultimate, or next to last, egg. Nests are made of moss, bark, fur, plant fibers, and feathers. Once the eggs hatch the young birds will not fledge from the nest for 19 to 21 days.

 

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2010 Nesting Season
Information:
No activity
2009 Nesting Season
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No activity
2008 Nesting Season
Information:
4/28/08 western blue bird bringing in nesting material
No Activity
2007 Nesting Season
Information:
2/11/07 - A Nuttal's woodpecker begins sleeping in the nest box (leaves on 4/4)
6/3/07 - Violet-green swallow visits box. Some plant material appears in the late afternoon.
2006 Nesting Season
Information:
10/16/05-11/29/05 - A Nuttall's woodpecker, Picoides nuttallii, has been sleeping in the box at night. Camera view was being obstructed by insects in the box. This may have been the reason the woodpecker left.
More Information from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
3/10/06-4/8/06 - Nuttall's woodpecker returned. Same cloudiness (insect activity) was present on camera lens when woodpecker left.
4/10/06 - Cleaned lens area and noticed mites in the camera compartment. They were the cause of the cloudiness in the image.
4/25/06-4/28/06 - Nuttall's woodpecker returns to Box 27 after being harassed by a mountain chickadee while in Box 22
4/29/06 - Woodpecker in the box in the morning but does not return that night. Something has entered the box and added nesting material
4/30/06 - Mountain chickadee begins active nest building
5/2/06 - Western bluebird visits the box
5/3/06 - Western bluebird visits the box. Still no sign of the chickadee
5/7/06 - Western bluebird visits the box
5/8/06 - Western bluebird visits the box
5/9/06 - Both western bluebird and mountain chickadee inspect box
5/12/06 - Evidence that the nest had been modified
5/15/06 - Violet-green swallow enters the nest
5/16/06 - Violet-green swallow enters the nest
2005 Nesting Season
No activity
2004 Nesting Season
Information:
5/2/04 - A male western bluebird visited the nest box and began building a nest.
Although the birds got a good start they abandoned the nest site the next day. Possible reason may have been territorial.
Nest Box Information
Box Number 27
UTM Northing 3740971
UTM Easting 520830
GPS waypoint 26
mounting location metal pole
aspect 260
box age 2003
design (door, material) side cedar
box floor width 6 in.
box floor length 6 in.
Box height 4' 4"
hole direction 150°
hole size 1.5 in.
height of hole above floor 7.5 in.