If you've got a bird feeder, bird house or even a bird bath on your property, you know that this is a very busy time for all kinds of birds. Today the new bluebird trail was monitored for the fourth time since it was installed late last month. A lot of the bluebirds natural nesting areas have disappeared over the years and they now have to compete with wrens, swallows and most of all, sparrows. The sparrow will attack and take over a bluebirds nesting area and use it for itself. Last week one of the boxes had a perfect bluebirds nest in it with two eggs. When I checked it today, the eggs were gone and the nest pretty much destroyed. Most of the other boxes had to be completely cleaned out also and the sparrows nests removed. At this time only one bluebird nest is intact and it contains five eggs. There's still plenty of time for more bluebirds to move into the houses though and I will keep everyone informed of their progress.
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