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BLUE BIRD HOUSE TRIAL IN Laurie LaMotte Park and Hidden Springs MARCH 16 2011 I've numbered the all the houses with red marker. Look at the front, upper left corner, just under the roof overhang. I Can't tell how many 'hatch es'th ere were during the year, but I have a good idea of the kind of bird used the box last. Submitted by: Kevin Amundsen HIDDEN SPRINGS - Houses #1- 4 and 22 1 - Blue Bird (PHOTO #1), cup of grass, no feathers or other material. 2 -Tree Swallow (PHOTO #Z), cup of grass, lined with soft feathers. 3 -Tree Swallow, cup of grass, lined with soft feathers. 4 - Wren (PHOTO #5), house full of twigs. 22 -The only'Wren' house in the park. Wren, sticks. LAURIE LAMOTTE MEMORIAL PARK - Houses #5 - 21 5 - Blue Bird (PHOTO #1), cup of grass, no feathers or other material. 6 - ? ? ? 1 inch deep of grass, dirt and droppings on walls of house. 7 - Starling or House Sparrow (PHOTO #6), grass, sticks, plastic wrappers, feathers. 8 -Tree Swallow, cup of grass, lined with soft feathers. 9 -Wren, house full of twigs. 10 - Wren, house full of twigs. 11 - Old Wren nest ? ? ?, half inch of twigs and dirt. 12 - Wren, house full of twigs. 13 -Wren, house full of twigs. 14 - Starling (PHOTO #7), grass, sticks, plastic wrappers, feathers, light blue egg shells. 15 - Blue Bird, cup of grass, no feathers or other material. 16 - Blue Bird, cup of grass, no feathers or other material. 17 -Wren, house full of twigs. 18 -Wren, house full of twigs. 19 - ? ? ? Hairy Woodpecker (PHOTO #4), Wood chips from bird house and a few sticks. 20 -Wren, house full of twigs. 21 - ? ? ? Old Blue Bird house. (Mounted high on light pole, pole will be moved for trail project.) ISSUES WITH SOME HOUSES -- Houses mounted to close to trees (PHOTO #3), and should be moved farther away. Some houses are even closer to the trees than in this photo. -- Squirrels, raccoons, possums, larger birds (PHOTO #s) make the hole larger to enter or to eat the adult or young birds. Wire baffles could be made and mounted. -- House #20 is missing a door locking screw because the wood is split. Install new nail on the left side of house.