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Blue Bird Box Study

 

 
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#

diff

direction

diff

facing wind

 

eggs

hatchlings

period

period

eggs laid

nest

box (inches)

 

 

box

avg temp

box

avg wind

% not

occupant

# of

# of

incubation

fledge

date of

type of

height of

location

mortality

7

-3.5

W

-5.7

80

Tree Swallow

4

4

14

16.5

24-Apr

traditional

63.5

open/dry

no

1

-1.9

NE

-6.6

80

Bluebird

5

1/0 (died)

15.5

died

24-Apr

traditional

63.5

open/dry

yes- all E&H

16

-1

S

-6.8

87

Tree Swallow

6

4/0 (died)

11

died

22-May

partial

83

wetland

yes- all E&H

2

-0.6

NE

-2.5

87

Bluebird

6

6/0 (died)

18

died

29-Apr

traditional

61.5

open/dry

yes- all H

10

-0.6

S

-6

93

Tree Swallow

5

5

13

15.5

6-May

traditional

63.5

open/dry

no

8

-0.4

W

-6.2

80

Bluebird

5

4

19

14

24-Apr

traditional

67

wetland

yes- 1 E

17

-0.3

S

-5.7

80

Tree Swallow

6

5

14

15.5

22-May

partial

80

open/dry

yes- 1 E

11

0

N

-5.6

93

Tree Swallow

6

6

18.5

7.5

13-May

partial

72.5

open/dry

yes- 1 E

12

0.3

SE

-6

93

Bluebird

5

5

19

11

24-Apr

partial

65.5

open/dry

no

15

0.3

SW

-5

93

Tree Swallow

5

5

17.5

16

22-May

partial

83.5

wood surrounded

no

14

0.9

S

-5.7

93

Tree Swallow

7

7

18.5

 

27-May

partial

67

wood surrounded

 

4

1.2

S

-6.9

80

Tree Swallow

7

7

16

 

19-May

partial

70

wetland

no

3

1.3

W

-3.5

73

Tree Swallow

4

3

19

12

22-May

partial

72

open/dry

yes- 1 E

5

2

NE

-5.9

80

Bluebird

5

5

14

16

29-Apr

traditional

64

wood surrounded

no

6

2.3

NE

-6.4

73

Tree Swallow

7

6

19

8.5

22-May

partial

62.5

wood surrounded

yes- 1 E

13

5.5

NE

-6.8

73

Bluebird

3

2

16

19

30-Apr

traditional

66

wood surrounded

yes- 1 E

9

 

E

-6

100

Bluebird

 

 

 

 

13-Jun

traditional

69

wood surrounded

 


 

     OCCUPANCY, EGG NUMBER, AND FLEDGED NUMBER FOR NESTING BOXES

 

 

 

 

   April 24 - August 11, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             First Brood

 

           Second Brood

                           Third Brood

Box

Occupant

# of

# of

Occupant

# of

# of

Occupant

# of

# of

#

 

Eggs

Nestlings

 

Eggs

Nestlings

 

Eggs

Nestlings

 

 

 

Fledged

 

 

Fledged

 

 

Fledged

1

bluebird

5

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

bluebird

6

0

house sparrow

6

2

house sparrow

5

4

3

tree swallow

4

4

house sparrow

5

0

house sparrow

4

0

4

tree swallow

7

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

bluebird

5

5

bluebird

4

3

 

 

 

6

tree swallow

7

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

house sparrow

4

4

house sparrow

6

5

house sparrow

5

5

8

bluebird

5

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

bluebird

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

house sparrow

5

4

house sparrow