Last year at our cabin in Door County, WI, I put up two nestboxes and had chickadees nest in both of them (Who's In My Nestboxes). I was hoping for bluebirds, but chickadees certainly are a welcome second choice. I was excited to find out who might use the nests this year, especially since I … Continue reading Who’s In the Nest Boxes This Year (2017)?
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Chickadees Are Back in the Nestbox
While I was hoping for bluebirds this year in the nest boxes, this little chickadee popped her head out and seems to be making it her home for the spring. Luckily Steve had his camera handy and could get some pictures of this cute little bird. She was just so entertaining to watch. It was … Continue reading Chickadees Are Back in the Nestbox
Checking On the Bird’s Nests
I was able to get back up to our cabin in Door County sooner than I thought and checked on the Black-capped Chickadees nest in our nest boxes. In my previous post, Who's In My Nest Boxes, I discovered that chickadees had laid their eggs in the boxes intended for bluebirds. In the first … Continue reading Checking On the Bird’s Nests
Who’s in My Nestboxes?
A few weeks ago I wrote about putting up two bluebird nestboxes at our Wisconsin cabin in "Putting Up Eastern Bluebird Nestboxes". I couldn't wait to come back and see who might have moved in! We came back up two weeks later and checked out the boxes. The first one clearly had a new resident, … Continue reading Who’s in My Nestboxes?