TREE SPARROW

May 6th ~ A Tree Sparrow has been spotted on and near Box #1.  Just hoping he decided to make it a home.

 

May 8th ~ The beginnings of what looks like a Tree Sparrow nest is appearing.  A lot of pine needles on the bottom of the box.


May 13th ~ The Tree Sparrows have made a wonderful nest of pine needles and feathers.  Hope all goes well for them.

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE

May 5th ~ We have some sad news, upon checking Box #1, all six eggs were removed by a predator we believe to be a raccoon.  We have cleaned out Box #1 and are hoping for the return of a friendly species.

BLUEBIRDS

 

 

 



Anytime we are going in or out of the building, we always have an audience.

May 5th ~ Our first Bluebird egg is in the process of hatching.

May 8th ~ We now have five hatchlings!  They are just so wonderful!

May 13th ~ These five little hatchlings are growing so fast!

BLUEBIRDS

April 11th ~ Box #2 has Bluebirds nesting.  A nest of grass and small twigs.

April 18th ~ Our first Bluebird egg has appeared!

April 21st ~ FOUR EGGS!  The Bluebirds are always very near and close to the box near the staff entrance, and it is just fabulous being able to see them on a daily basis.

April 27th ~  FIVE EGGS!  We have busy birds.  Looking forward to the future.

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE

April 11th ~ our monitoring results yielded nests in both boxes, not just one!
Box #1 has a Black-capped Chickadee nesting.  A beautiful nest of moss, animal hair, and with feather atop.

April 21st ~ Our first Black-capped Chickadee egg appeared

April 27th ~ SIX eggs!  We are so excited!  We will keep watching.

THE BEGINNING

Our adventure into monitoring Bluebird Boxes began on Sunday, March 18th, at 2:00 p.m.  Mr. Scott Parry, Raccoon Creek State Park  Bluebird Trails Coordinator and the Beaver County Coordinator for the Bluebird Society of PA visited Western Allegheny Community Library.  Mr. Parry provided an informative program on the Bluebirds.  He discussed their natural history, his experiences with monitoring Bluebird Trails and how we may attract Bluebirds to our area.

Afterwards, Mr. Parry helped us build two Bluebird Houses.  Parent/Caregivers supervised younger ones as we built houses.  Afterwards he demonstrated installing and maintaining a Bluebird House properly.  As a result we now have two Bluebird Boxes at Western Allegheny Community Library.