8 March 2016
John Lichty kindly made four nest boxes to be installed at SpruceHaven in the hope of inducing Black-capped Chickadees Poecile atricpillus to take up residence in them. I have little doubt that we will see all of them occupied by about the middle of next month.
These small boxes are much easier to mount than the larger boxes already installed with Eastern Screech Owls Megascops asio in mind and they were installed in short order.
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| John Lichty |
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| Sandy Hill, Jamie Hill, Lichty's best side |
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| Almost complete We have been having a really warm spell and migrants are suddenly everywhere. Male Red-winged Blackbirds Agelaius phoeniceus were singing from every cattail and sapling, establishing and defending territories and waiting for the first females to arrive.   Male Common Grackles Quiscalus quiscula were also much in evidence, although nowhere near as vocal as the Red-winged Blackbirds.   To round out the trio of expected early migrants American Robins Turdus migratorius were present also.   |
The warm spell continues unabated and more and more species are arriving. Perhaps today I'll see a Killdeer Charadrius vociferus!
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