Now that is an interesting story! Suzanne & Michael have a plexiglass sided bird house and they had been seeing both bluebirds and chickadees going into the bird house. The two sets of birds were clearly arguing about who was going to get this prime real estate. They fought over it for quite a while, including throwing out eggs and rebuilding the nest! Finally the bluebirds won and they pulled out some of the moss the chickadees had used and built their nest on top. The bluebirds started hatching a couple weeks ago and today, they fledged!
Our neighborhood is just NOT bluebird territory! They like more open fields, but I guess they like that Suzanne/Michael, Carol/Joe and we have been feeding them mealworms and they definitely like our bird bath. Below is a picture Suzanne took on July 15.
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| Bluebird Hatchlings --Photo by S. Groet |
Linda & I were out paddling on Willis Lake last week and found a patch of water chestnuts. We contacted Debbie Dineen (Sudbury Conservation Coordinator), who contacted Mark Sevier. Mark and his wife went out and hand harvested most of them on Sunday. Linda & I did more today and will go back with the rakes tomorrow to try to get the rest that we can reach in the bushes. Our goal is to keep Willis Lake from looking like the ponds in the Hop Brook system!!
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