Merrimac Farm Bluebird Trail Summary Form
| Number of Boxes: 10 |
Year: 2009 |
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# Active Nests* |
Present # of Eggs |
Present # of Chicks |
# Fledged this week |
Don't open these boxes next week** |
Misc Information and Comments |
BB |
Other |
BB |
Other |
BB |
Other |
BB |
Other |
| March 18 |
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Nests in boxes 1 & 5, no eggs |
| April 5 |
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Bluebird nests in boxes 1 and 9; likely Tufted Titmouse nest in box 5; House Sparrow nest removed from box 3; box 11 added. |
| April 19 |
4 |
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11 |
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11 total eggs in 4 nests on Sunday! I've included a photo of the eggs in box 6. There are 5 in there. Unfortunately, the sparrows were back in box 4, had to clean out their nest again. If all goes well, there should be little bluebirds all over the place soon. |
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* Active nest has at least 1 egg or chick
** Chicks will be 12 days or older next monitoring time:
DO NOT OPEN NEXT TIME |
BB = Bluebird
C = Chickadee
W = House Wren
TS = Tree Swallow |
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